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Effective communication has been an increasingly important part of my life since moving to Albany on a few fronts. The first is at my new job. We work in a large open room, and we’re a small team. You’d think communication would be pretty simple, but it’s not. That’s just how it works. Most all…
People say it all the time, “I need a vacation from my vacation!” That’s exactly how I felt when I returned from what I’ve been calling my Mega Florida Trip. I wrote about the Walt Disney World Wine and Dine Half Marathon, so I’ll spare the details in this post, but I was pretty excited to…
Today, I was in a conversation with a friend. A very very close friend. It doesn’t matter how long I’ve known friend, or what the scope of friendship is with friend, but all you need to know is that I care about friend, and like any close friendships, we fight sometimes. I get sad about…
Sometimes, I go into what I call a spiral. It’s deadly. Generally it starts with a really strong negative emotion. Something will set me off and make me angry, or I’ll get incredibly depressed and sad. How I handle it is the tipping point. That sentence nearly read, “how I choose to handle it is…
Today, I went on a run. My first long run in a while, in anticipation for the Disney Wine and Dine Half in less than a month. When I first got here, I was struggling to find an area to run in – especially places for long runs that wouldn’t require me to do the…
It’s 10:00 PM on a Tuesday night. I spent my day running (literally) and running errands, closing my evening with a goodbye dinner. I told myself I would get some packing done (read: minimal) and finish some work that’s been on my to-do list a while. I sat down on my couch a few moments…
I tell myself that I’m going to blog every day, and I never do. I’m sorry, readers. I deserve to be unfollowed. Life has been nothing short of stressful for the past two weeks. As noted in my previous post, I’m moving from Rochester to Albany, but the amount of stress makes it feel as…
I wrote this post about a month ago. I talked about how my mental health is as important as my attention to my physical health, and summarized it with a mini-inspirational-revelation that I need to take the time to schedule some “me” time. Time to read, time to do yoga, time to kill brain cells…
What? Jackie. You’re sick of Facebook? You get paid to like Facebook! How can you hate it? Yes friends, I’m totally, completely, 100% over Facebook. I guess I have been for a long time, but I’ve finally hit my breaking point. To me, Facebook will now serve as the reason why I don’t need someone…
I can’t remember the last time I sat in silence. The past few months have flown by, and I realized it’s the root of my exhaustion. For a while now, I have been attempting to get six or seven hours of sleep – and it’s been successful. Even though I was disciplined before about going…