by Emily | Jan 4, 2016 | Life, Money
I’ll admit, I’m kind of “over” new years resolutions. Big lifestyle changes tend to come at “tipping point” moments for people, something I’ve definitely experienced before, where you’re just DONE with your own bullshit...
by Jill | Nov 16, 2015 | Life
I don’t deal with stress well. Pressure I can do. Pressure and I are friends. But give me an overloaded life plate and I go down hard. People don’t typically see me flailing because I keep the balls in the air at work and important volunteer opportunities,...
by Emily | Nov 16, 2015 | Career
No, you’re not crazy. Chances are, your office is actually way too cold. A study that came out earlier this year confirmed what you already, deep in your heart, knew: office buildings are heated based on models that include metabolic rate of inhabitants as a...
by Emily | Nov 4, 2015 | Career, Moving Up
It’s easy to fall into the trap of dumbing down with age. Once you’re out of school for good, learning and growing and exercising your mind can become less of a priority in your life, and it’s easy to feel like you’re not as smart as you were when you were 18. Of...
by Guest Post | Nov 4, 2015 | Career, Tricky Choices
Today’s post is a feature from Pantsuits guest contributor Morgana; tradeswoman, lady about town and friend of the blog. I’ve always been pretty terribly indecisive and a commitment-phobe. Which are bad. I’m also a learning junkie, which could be good? Here in...
by Emily | Nov 2, 2015 | Career
I use Pinterest a lot. My home feed these days is split about half and half between my friends’ posts and others’ posts that Pinterest thought I might like based on my interests. Because I enjoy working from home and making money, I get lots of suggestions about ways...
by Emily | Oct 27, 2015 | Career, Life
Tonight when you’re sitting around watching tv, try to wrap it up a little early and take care of some business to set yourself up for the most productive day ever tomorrow. via GIPHY Check your schedule If you’re like me, you need to enter any and all commitments...
by Emily | Oct 21, 2015 | Career
Once upon a time, I worked at a high-end coffee shop. I loved it, but I was very poor and spent a lot of time pawning everything I owned to make rent. Other than that, it was a great job. I was a bit of a coffee n00b (I actually never drank coffee until a week or two...
by Jill | Oct 20, 2015 | Feminism
Source image: CTV News “You hear that all the 51 year old women?” Lisa said, “We’re just children.” Watching the federal election coverage last night, there was a moment when the record scratched for me. It wasn’t because of a win...
by Emily | Oct 14, 2015 | Career, Life
I write a lot about organization and productivity, not because they’re things that I’m naturally great at, but because it’s so hard for me. Keeping myself on track takes so much effort on my part to do at all that I’m constantly studying and experimenting to try to...
