Everyone does it. You’re sitting around with a group of friends and someone asks a question about what something means, or where someplace is, and at least one person, if not more, will whip out their phone to quickly Google the answer. In less than 20 seconds, the group has the answer to their burning […]
6 Surprising Truths About Working from Home
We are living in an era where working remotely has become not only the norm for some companies, but the preferred method by many employees. Tales of increased productivity and happier, healthier people abound. Interviewees may even ask about the company’s remote working policy in the interview, making that a determinant in their job search. […]
Choosing Your Approach to Life
A friend of mine once said that she thinks there are two types of people in the way that they approach life: You are happy and content until something bad happens that causes you to be unhappy You are neutral and maybe negative, until something comes along that causes you to be happy I thought […]
No, Not Velociraptors
For nearly three years I was proud to utter this sentence: “I volunteer at a raptor rescue.” To which, every once in a while the person I was talking to would reply with a grin: “Like, . . . Velociraptors?!” And we would have a good laugh and I would picture myself teaching a Velociraptor […]
Tips & Tricks for Traveling in Iceland
Since we’ve returned from Iceland a lot of people have asked us a variety of questions about our trip, the country, logistics, etc., so I thought I would capture my thoughts in one place. This island country is so unique and there are definitely some unexpected things that you come across that I think are […]
The Empty, Yet Full, Week
It’s that unique time between Christmas and New Years that never fails to feel like a no-(wo)mans-land of aimless mental wandering. Many of us take time off work and have free time to do random things that make us happy. It also provides time to think and reflect. Maybe TOO much time. This week has […]