Cats and Writing

Traveling, relocating, in-between jobs or permanent homes, there may come a time when you need to find short-term housing of some kind. As someone who’s been in all of these situations at one point or another, I’ve gotten pretty good at finding places to live short-term and on a budget. Airbnb We all knew this one would be first, right? Airbnb is not without its pretty severe weaknesses. I’ve…

January 13th of 2024, I FINALLY got engaged to the love of my life. On April 22nd of 2024, I married the love of my life. That’s right, I planned my wedding in three months. Not many people do that. It isn’t easy. There are a ton of resources on planning weddings, so I’m going to avoid touching on more or less generic wedding advice. My main focus is to tell you my tips, tricks, and observations…

I haven’t sat down and written a full blog post in quite a while now. Is it coming up on a year? I’m not sure. It’s a bit sad for me, as someone to whom writing was such a core part of my skill set and took up a good amount of my time and efforts. But life has been going at 110 miles an hour for a few years now. Working at start-ups, dealing with layoffs, growing in a serious romantic…

10 Cheap, Healthy(ish) Meals You Can make Every Week

The price of eating healthy is sorely overrated. It’s not difficult to eat delicious and healthy meals on a regular basis without breaking the bank. Those that might need recipes will eventually have their own blog posts, but for now, I’ll give you some general ideas below and you can make them your own. I’ve included rough price estimates, assuming you have certain staples at home and only have…

The Ultimate Smoothie (Thick, Flavorful, Filling, and Refreshing)

I like my smoothies just the way it says in the title; thick, flavorful, filling, and refreshing. I have the perfect recipe for this smoothie or smoothie bowl. It’s not exact, it changes slightly every time depending on my mood. But it’s spectacular regardless. The measurements below are approximate. Feel free to adjust to suit your tastes. For example, I don’t enjoy bananas, so there are no…

5 Ways to Stand Out in the Job Search and Get Hired

In this economy, finding a job is incredibly difficult.   Especially when you realize you have to stand out among all the other applicants to even get an interview.  Even just a well-done, impressive resume won’t cut it.   You have to rise above and use all the tools at your disposal. Here are 5 tips I have used in the past to help me land great jobs. Film Short Videos Filming very short…

At-Home Workout Videos That Wiill Change Your Life

When it comes to working out, I really prefer to stay at home in my apartment, even before Covid locked us all inside our doors.  It’s simpler, less embarrassing for those out of shape, free, cuts out the effort of getting to the gym, and when you’re done, your own shower and kitchen are right there for you to use to wash up and have whatever post-workout snack you enjoy. Workout videos are…

3 Tips to Avoid Being Broke When You Move Out For the First Time

I don’t know about you, but growing up I was often told how the real world would slap me in the face when I moved out. We’re talking bills left and right, eating ramen and bread once a day, scraping pennies together to buy enough gas to get to my 12 hour shift at my minimum-wage job just to have enough money to repeat this life. I know for some people this is the case, and it’s the way they have…

3 Ways to Make Coffee at Home Without a Coffee Maker

When I moved into my first apartment, I didn’t have a coffee maker. I still don’t. I love a good cup of coffee, especially an iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts. But I’m hesitant to purchase a coffee maker. They take up a lot of space on your kitchen counter, and can get pricey. While you can likely find cheaper options, the quality of either machine or coffee (or both) will suffer. Regardless of…

Why I Hate The “Where Do You See Yourself In 5 Years?” Question

If you’ve ever been interviewed for a job, there’s a fairly good chance you’ve been asked the “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” question.

Personally, I do not like this question, and I say so.

How in the world are you gonna know where you want to be in five years? I barely know where I want to be in the next few weeks. I don’t know if I should stay where I am or move to another…

How to Start a Podcast

Just…. Start.

That’s what my roommate and friend Hope Szymanski and I did. Quarantine is technically over, but things are still taking time to open up. With both of us being from Praxis, and both of us being bored, we agreed to take up a project together to keep each other accountable. Conveniently, we both had always wanted to start a podcast, so without much discussion or disagreement, we…

While stuck in quarantine a couple weeks ago, I was browsing TED talks on YouTube. I find TED talks are a great way for me to learn new ideas or hear cool stories in fairly short amounts of time. I don’t remember what I was looking for specifically, or what I had watched prior, but suddenly the video with the title “Why people believe they can’t draw – and how to prove they can ” caught my eye.…

How to Talk to People Without Fear (For Introverts)

Today is the last workday of February. It is not exactly the five-month mark of my time at my new company, but it’s close enough.

I have been a Business Development Representative (BDR) in Minnesota since a little before Halloween, and having never been in sales before, I’ve learned a great deal.

Basically, a BDR is someone who makes cold calls and sends emails to people all day long.…

New Year, New Me? Really?

We just entered a new decade, and the internet is full of memes. People seem to finally be realizing that their resolutions never stick, which is why there are so many jokes about staying the same.

The one resolution people do seem to be serious about is “leaving toxic people in 2019,” which I noticed has to do with other people, not themselves.

Hmm.

The thing is, people still…

How I Make Decisions

Overall I would say I’m a pretty laid-back person. I’m pretty chill.

However, every once in a while I stress out over decisions. I overthink and go back and forth. This happens the most when I see that I should do something, but at the same time I feel like I shouldn’t.

This is how I make most of my difficult decisions.

Step One:

Is there an obvious choice? Yes? Done here.

Ste…

Tennis Lessons From a Tennis Instructor

I’ve been a tennis coach for a few years, unofficially since I was seventeen, then officially from eighteen to nineteen.

I learned a lot from coaching, and it’s my favorite job I’ve had so far. I got to be in the sun all day in the summer, working with kids, playing games. I liked watching the kids I coached improve, especially when they turn to me after hitting a great shot with a big smile…