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Dating Perfection: When the Resume is perfect but you can’t get that lovin’ feelin’

Get ready for another fab guest post! This week’s guest post is from Marrie, from the site Dirty in Public. Dating Perfection: When the Resume is perfect but you can’t get that lovin’ feelin’ His Match profile was dating perfection, a complete résumé with everything I could want. So, why couldn’t I get that lovin’ feelin’? [...]

Is divorce an “accomplishment?”

I’m starting to really love this new tradition.  Today we have another great guest post, this time from Jolene who blogs at To Be Determined. Is divorce an “accomplishment?” Divorce and accomplishment don’t typically go hand-in-hand for me. In fact, when I was first facing divorce, almost two years ago, I equated divorce with failure. [...]

Living for Ourselves

Perhaps I should I have a rule, only blog when I’m clearheaded.  I fear that this post won’t make sense to anyone but me.  But I’ve given it a lot of thought and so here goes (note to my non-Twitter following readers, I have the flu or something that feels an awful lot like the [...]

Bonus Points for Failure

One of the totally random things I’ve done a lot of in my working life, both pre and post career transition, is recruiting.  Recruiting, hiring, whatever you call it, basically I spend a lot of time looking at dozens or maybe even hundreds of resumes trying to figure out who I’d like to interview.  And then, I [...]

Something Else I Need to Learn

I hate nosy people. HATE them. I hate it when people butt their noses into my business. I hate it when family members invite themselves into my personal life and ask me about things that I feel they have no right to know. I hate it when co-workers ask me about my family and upbringing, [...]