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A few months back, a coworker and I were baking in the D.C. heat and humidity as we walked a few blocks to grab lunch. We were especially chatty and began to discuss all...
Happy Monday, y’all! Exploding kitchen. Burning hand. Piping-hot wax covering my arm. I don’t think a normal person would describe their romantic Valentine’s dinner date with the aforementioned details, but I guess I’m not...
Drugs? No! Booze? No! I’m talking about SPAM! January 1, 2013 I unsubscribed from every single daily email subscription and it has changed my life! What is life like without the daily emails, you wonder? ...
Happy Monday, ladies! Most people in Washington, D.C. spent the past week gearing up for today’s presidential inauguration and all its associated activities. While I refuse to attend the ceremony with 800,000 strangers and...
After a jam-packed business trip of 8 client meetings in 2 days, I made and witnessed a LOT of promises. Promises to follow-up with information. Promises to schedule more meetings. Promises to introduce my clients...
As I wrote in an email to a friend this morning, “this week’s episode of ‘Nicole’s Life’ has been an interesting one. ” How about yours? Without getting too juicy (I really wish I could)...
Many women are in the business of pleasing others. Sometimes this is a wonderful thing. Other times, our “pleasing disease” is the reason we get ourselves into trouble. For example, have you ever mistakenly...
Things are absolutely nuts in my world and I couldn’t be happier about it. What started out as “Job Search Boot Camp” has quickly evolved into something even more fabulous. I cannot wait to...
Welcome to Ms. Career Girl’s shortest blog post ever. I had some really interesting conversations this weekend that really got me thinking. I’m sure you’ll hear more about these soon. Here’s one fragment for you...