RECAP: That time I hosted #IdeasChat

Chicago Ideas Chat

//Photo Taken By Christina Slaton//  Yesterday was a pretty good day. And by pretty good, I mean basically amazing! Of course I’m talking about my opportunity to host Chicago Ideas Week, weekly Twitter Chat: #IdeasChat. For those of you unfamiliar with Chicago Ideas Week, they are basically the bomb dot com. The put on a week-long thought leadership festival that brings together some of the world’s most …

Four reflections after four years in love

Four Relationship Reflections

//The matching outfits were not planned// Well everyone, we did it. This month, my boyfriend and I celebrate four years together. Believe it or not, the man agreed not to break up with me despite my insistence on continuing to blog about our relationship. I know, I have a real winner ladies. I think I’m going to keep him around for a while. I knew I …

3 Ways to (actually) be busy at work

//Photo Courtesy: Levo League// Ok darlings, pop-quiz time. Rules are easy. Read over the following scenarios…if any of them cause you to make “teeth emoji” facial expression, make a mental note: When your roommate asks you what’s going on at work, you, at the risk of sounding uninteresting, say something like, “Oh God, work is just so busy,” without really being able to articulate why. You’re in a status meeting listening …

Your soul (and smartphone!) needs my Morning Mantras

//Photo Take By Christina Slaton// What do you want to tell yourself today? If you know me well at all, you know that I spend a lot of time talking to myself. In fact, most of the topics and stories I write about on Job Offers & Bad Boyfriends start as conversations with my ceiling in the wee hours of the night. But despite all my many thoughts, ideas, concerns, …

How to start your passion project, like yesterday

How To Start Your Passion Project2

//Photo Taken By Christina Slaton// I love being a 20-something, we’re all kinds of crazy! But seriously, something I’ve come to truly appreciate about my generation is our aspirations for a “multi-dimensional” career path. If you’re not sure what I mean, then think about how many people you know who do nothing outside of their 9-5 gig? Not too many, huh? Lately it seems like everyone is a “freelancer” …

When the company you used to love, won’t let you go

Letting Go2

//Photo Courtesy: winniedayblog.wordpress.com// I have a story to share, about love and letting go. This past year I watched a close friend end a three year relationship with the man she was convinced she was going to marry. She was convinced, well, because he told her that’s what he wanted. She had planned their future together, pinned the wedding dress she wanted, and came up with …