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- How to Keep a Work Journal posted on January 26, 2015
- 15 Girls’ Night In Activities posted on March 13, 2017
- How to Negotiate a Raise posted on August 8, 2016
- 17 Work Journal Prompts That Will Help Your Career posted on October 30, 2016
- 5 Types of Difficult Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them posted on March 6, 2017
- Career Profile: Madeleine Casella, The Museum of Modern Art posted on June 17, 2015
- Career Profile: Katrina Scott and Karena Dawn, Tone It Up posted on August 23, 2017
- NYC Guide: Sunrise in Central Park posted on November 27, 2014
- How to Write a Resume posted on January 25, 2021
- 20 Thought-Provoking Journal Prompts posted on February 16, 2016
- How to Get Organized (and Stick With It) posted on April 9, 2015
- Career Profile: Paris Rouzati, About.me posted on March 16, 2016
- Career Profile: Georgina Gooley, Billie posted on March 28, 2018
- Business Lessons I Learned from Sorority Recruitment posted on October 28, 2013
- AIRbarre by AntiGravity at Crunch Review posted on April 28, 2015
- How to Reclaim Your Day posted on April 25, 2016
- Career Profile: Sarah Kauss, S’well posted on April 11, 2018
- Career Profile: Cait Weingartner, Founder of Pretty and Fun posted on May 27, 2015
- Career Profile: Claire Cook, Girls Who Code posted on June 8, 2016
- How to Recover from a Work Mistake posted on April 10, 2017
- Career Profile: Kinjil Mathur, Squarespace posted on May 9, 2018
- How to Write a Job Application Follow-Up Email posted on May 25, 2014
- How to Sound Confident (Even When You’re Not) posted on July 18, 2016
- How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome at Work posted on August 14, 2017
- Career Profile: Katherine Eskandanian-Yee and Chessa Eskandanian-Yee, LeaderEQ posted on January 17, 2019
- Career Profile: Sierra Barter, The Lady Project posted on October 1, 2014
- Career Profile: Amanda Shapin, Cosmopolitan and Seventeen posted on December 23, 2015
- 7 New Year’s Resolutions for Personal Development posted on January 8, 2016
- How to Deal With Negative Feedback at Work posted on August 22, 2016
- Career Profile: Molly Beck, Author, Consultant, and Blogger posted on September 20, 2017
- How to Decrease Job Interview Anxiety posted on November 24, 2017
- How to Track Your Work Accomplishments posted on February 8, 2021
- How to Do a Life Audit posted on February 23, 2016
- Career Profile: Shannon Maguire, Comedy Central posted on January 18, 2017
- Career Profile: Kendra Scott, Kendra Scott Designs posted on March 14, 2018
Career Profile: Mia Saini Duchnowski and Laura Lisowski Cox, Oars + Alps
"Don’t worry if you don’t have the best idea – you’ll iterate on it. Don’t worry if you don’t have the financial means – you’ll start slowly. Don’t sit on your great idea. Build it."
Three Freelance Writing Tips
Create your own definition of success.
Career Profile: Lucy Sykes, Author and Fashion Designer
"The biggest lesson is honestly to be yourself. The reason you are there is because you are different. You are original."
7 Morning Habits to Start Your Day Off Right
Rise and shine!
Career Profile: Jaclyn Johnson, Create & Cultivate
"Don’t spend so much time looking at your neighbor’s grass that you forget to water your own."
How to Train for a Sprint Triathlon
Run, bike, swim!
5 Home Improvement Projects to Consider This Spring
Follow the season’s theme of renewal and transform your home into a functional, comfortable oasis your family and friends will love spending time in.
How to Eliminate Self-Doubt When You’re Starting a Side Hustle
Confidence > Self-Doubt
Career Profile: Christy Doramus, Crowns By Christy
"Always have a goal and work toward it every single day. Everyone starts at the bottom and, if you have to be an assistant for a few years to someday reach your goal of becoming CEO, then be the very best assistant that the company has ever had."
Career Profile: Alexandra Cavoulacos, The Muse
"You have to take control over your career because no one else will do it for you."
Career Profile: Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping
"Take in all the advice and suggestions people throw your way, but in the end, listen to your gut. No one else is in your shoes or has the sum total of experiences you have, so you need to make the decision that is best for you."
Career Profile: Amanda Gluck, Fashionable Hostess
"My goal is for my site to be a destination for anyone who entertains, loves their home, and appreciates beautiful things!"
Career Profile: Julia Gudish Krieger, VillageLuxe
"Recognize that you're the only person standing in your way, and the faster you can stop listening to the little voice that says you can't do it, the faster you'll start really living! You'll be surprised the doors that open when you trust yourself and put in the work to get there."
How to Change Career Paths
Get ready to put in your two weeks notice.
Career Profile: Evgeniya Khromina, Panah
"It’s a tough job to be a modern woman: Professional and family responsibilities can be overwhelming sometimes! Take care of yourself."
Career Profile: Stephanie Kaplan, Her Campus
"You have to keep challenging yourself, creating more work for yourself, looking toward what's next and continuously setting higher and higher goals for yourself and your company as a whole. And the basis for all of this is passion—if you’re not passionate about what you’re doing, it will be significantly harder to succeed at it."
My 29th Birthday
TL;DR 29, I'm ready for you.
Career Profile: Ellyn Canfield, The NYC Mayor’s Office
"There are a lot of things that we'd like to see happen - whether for our own careers, for others, or in our personal lives, and we spend a lot of time and energy scheming to make them happen, rather than just ask for them directly from those who have the authority to act. It's super scary! But immensely rewarding."
8 Signs You’re in a Good Relationship With Yourself
There will always be negative people and situations that will test your beliefs, but you stick true to who you are. You know to always love yourself and the skin you’re in.
