You never forget your first job. Or the one after that. Or the one after that, although maybe you wish you could. Hello, short-lived college stint as a shot girl at Fat Tuesday’s. From waiting tables (badly) to interviewing criminals, the jobs I had before becoming a freelancer run quite the gamut. Here are a few of the highlights. Although ‘highlights’ is such a strong word… 1. Hostess at Cracker Barrel You probably know this place because there’s one off…
Browsing Category
Lifestyle
Being a sustainable consumer is important to me, so I’m always looking for small changes I can make that will reduce my footprint on our planet. I’ve been working on educating myself on the downsides of the dairy industry, and sadly, there are many. When it comes to environmental impact, the dairy industry is second only to the beef industry, with high greenhouse gas emissions, heavy pesticide and fertilizer use, and unsustainable feed production practices. And I don’t even want…
One of the first responses I get when I tell people I work from home is, “I would love to do that, but I’m not disciplined enough!” People say that if they didn’t have to show their face somewhere every morning, they’d sleep until noon or spend half the day watching Real Housewives. …Wait, you’re not supposed to do that? While there are definitely days I take it easy, most of my days don’t look that different from someone who…
I wouldn’t exactly call myself a yogi. I’m about as flexible as a two-by-four and my usual level of Zen could be described as ‘Jessie Spano on caffeine pills,’ but I’ve become addicted to yoga. I started doing yoga videos on YouTube a couple years ago as a way to deal with stress (here is the series I first started with. It’s awesome!). I don’t go to classes. I don’t do crazy poses like balancing on one hand with my…
On Sunday, Johnny and I will have been married for a year. That is downright cuh-ray-zee. I still haven’t changed my name (whoops), and we were still receiving the random wedding gift in the mail here and there right up until last month. It definitely doesn’t feel like a year has passed since the best day ever. At the same time, so much has happened in our lives since then. We bought a house and moved out of the city.…
That’s it. I’m a believer. It’s been two months—wow, time flies—since I decided to cut sugar from my diet, and I’m never going back. At least I hope not to. I haven’t cut out sugar completely (for a recap of how this all started and what I cut first, read this post), but I’ve cut out most sugar-filled foods like cereal, candy, soda, processed foods and baked goods, except for the occasional treat, and I feel good. I’ve had some…
It’s been almost two weeks since I started cutting back on sugar, which is one of my big goals for the end of 2018. So far it’s going… okay. I wanted to check in and share a little progress report. Two Weeks Into Cutting Back On Sugar First, it’d probably be helpful to explain what I mean by ‘cutting back.’ I’m not giving up sugar cold turkey like some articles recommend you do. I don’t do so well with hard-and-fast…