Why it’s important to switch up your work routine

Switching up your work routine

//Photo Taken By Christina Slaton// Last week I took a trip back to the beautiful city of Chicago. Yes I made it a whole six weeks in Austin before I was chomping at the bit to be reunited with my best friends. Are you proud of me? However hanging out with my girlfriends was actually the added bonus of my actual reason for going back to Chicago …

Happy month-iversary: Thoughts after a month of co-habitating

Co-habitating

How is it?  Does it feel weird?  Are you liking it so far? Have you killed each other yet? Behold, just a few of the many questions I’ve fielded from friends as a woman newly co-habitating with her significant other. One month to be exact. We’ve shared an apartment, bathroom, refrigerator, and an incredible walk-in closet for one whole month. There are days when I look around …

Blogger Tip: Building your blog power team

Blogger Power Team

Get friendly. Your blog depends on it. You know how they say it takes a village to raise a child? Well, it ALSO takes a village to raise a blog. Something I discovered early on in blogging was the importance of building a network of people who can help support your site. I like to think of this network as your blogger “Power Team”. These individuals …

How to: A LinkedIn bio for the non-basic bitch

LinkedIn Bio

//Photo Courtesy: Pexels// If you know me at all, you know my favorite social media platform is LinkedIn. I’m on it everyday, posting, commenting, and networking. Addicted is a strong word so I opt for “dedicated” or “social savvy”. Real talk though. My LinkedIn network has opened up so many doors for me the last few years. But signing up for an account doesn’t automatically yield opportunities. In …

Blogger Tip: The best blog advice I ever got

Little Blog Book

Just shut up, and DO It.   I have this idea of myself: that I’m this free spirit who lives life on a whim, makes spontaneous decisions, and doesn’t crave order or schedules. The reality is, I am not this person. I’m a planner, a thinker, and a double thinker. I don’t “just do things”. If I do something stupid or crazy it’s completely on …

Signs your company is just not that into you

Just Not That Into You

//Photo Courtesy: www.aceshowbiz.com// In relationships, there’s only one thing worse than being broken up with: being with a person for any extended period of time who is physically in the relationship, but completely mentally detached. At least with a break up it’s out in the open. Each person knows how the other feels and can (hopefully!) move on with their lives. It starts to get dicey …