Let me start this by saying: this blog isn’t going anywhere. I may be sharing my reflections on 2022, but I also recognize that it’s been a loooong time since I’ve posted to my Oops & Daisies blog. A whole lot has changed since I last wrote and shared a post on here, nearly a […]
Work From Home Parents Share Tips On Juggling Work with Young Kids at Home
Let’s be honest. In both office and work from home settings, there are distractions. But the distractions are different. Instead of a coworker popping into your cubicle to catch up, now you have a young kid tugging at your shirt asking for a snack for the millionth time since they woke up. Or saying they’re […]
How to Create a Vision Board: The Power of Visualization:
I cracked open another moving box. As with the other ones, it was jam packed with office odds and ends. I took out a few folders and found a place for them within my desk. A couple books went up on a shelf. And then a poster board. Although it was clearly worn and creased, […]
Writing Tips: The Best and Worst Writing Advice I’ve Ever Received
My English professor sorted through a stack of books on his desk in his poorly-lit office, searching for an anthology that had a story he wanted me to read. We were meeting to talk about my creative writing, but as my time at college was coming to a close, he asked the question that near […]
I’m in the Business of Building Confidence
“Why are you here? Why did you come to convention?” Rob Morris, the VP of Culture and Community, asked a room of thousands of women and a handful of men at the recent Younique convention. The room was silent. He told us to take out our pen and think about it for a moment and […]