Use Social Media to Jump-Start Your Creative Career

Are you excited about going to work today? I am.  I haven’t always felt excited and energized about going to work—quite the contrary. The “Sunday Scaries,” the “Miserable Mondays,” and “Terrible Tuesdays” were pretty standard. So, what changed? I stopped thinking about what I wanted to do. I started doing what I wanted to do.   Nothing happened […]

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The Best Lessons Learned From All My Past Jobs

“One of the most important lessons I continue to learn is that you have to honor your own personal work style. . . . How do you like to work? How do you do your best work? There is no wrong way. Only different ways.”

Contributor Kate Smith has a whole host of insight she’s garnered throughout her career, and today she’s passing along the 3 best career lessons to you.

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The Breastfeeding Advice No One Gives You: It’s OK to Quit

“The part I didn’t expect is that, as soon as I threw in the breathable cotton nursing bra, I wished I’d done it sooner. Not because it was hard (which it was), but because I no longer felt like a passenger in my own body. I halted feeling hostile toward myself for not being enough.”

April Smasal is writing about her very personal struggles with breastfeeding, and the advice she wished she’d heard and followed earlier: It’s ok to quit.

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How to Homeschool Your Kids Right Now (Hint: There’s No Perfect Way to Do It)

“Starting with the idea that it doesn’t have to be perfect gave me the opportunity to try a few different things and to fail.”

Contributor Meggie Maas is sharing ideas on how to provide homeschooling in these times, keeping in mind that it’s different for everyone and there’s no perfect formula to be had.

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