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  • 3 Coping Tools for Moving Back Home (& other big life changes)

    3 Coping Tools for Moving Back Home (& other big life changes)

    When I landed on U.S. soil again in June of 2016, I began to weep subconsciously. I had no real thought in my head and didn’t quite understand intellectually why I became overcome with sobs as I stared out at the Logan Airport Tarmac. I didn’t question it though– I didn’t ask, why am I…

  • 5 Ways to Make Cubicle Life More Bearable

    From Classroom to Cubicle I swore to my mother I’d never ever work in a cubicle. I’d never become an “office bitch”. Well, you know what they say… never say never. Alas, here I am… in rural Wisconsin working for a corporation inside a 5 X 10 cubicle staring at a computer screen for the better…