GUEST POST: Responding to the “can I pick your brain?” question
If you’ve been anywhere in my vicinity, or my online vicinity, in the past few years, you know this topic is a doozy for me. Here I am in a space of […]
My ‘I don’t have but I would like’ list is ever-growing, which I choose to view as a good thing
I would like a brand new Subaru Outback. With all the frickin’ add-ons. Bike rack, moon roof, organic gluten-free seat warmers. I’d like a lake house. And a Hawaii house. […]
I worry I will be forever looking for some type of job nirvana that doesn’t exist
.. One of the best things about this internet thing is the ease with which you can ask for help and the swiftness with which others can offer help. […]
Reclaiming Me: I am not the idiot my former boss thought I was
This is a Guest Post by Charlene Orsine. A co-worker of Charlene’s, sensing her unhappiness, recommended she apply to Fear Experiment℠ (FE) as being around such positivity is an amazing antidote to […]
What do 1000 piece puzzles, nail polish, and reality TV have in common? Guilty pleasures of these folks.
One of the best aspects to my ‘job’ is all the ridiculously amazing the people I meet. While I’ve spotlighted numerous Cheese-It participants over Mac & Cheese’s eleven years, it dawned on […]
How the seemingly small decision to go out on a Tuesday night can change your life
This is a Guest Post by Vanessa Beck, whom I met a bit over a year ago (more on how we met below). She’s the Co-Founder of NICE WORK, a […]
Top 9 reasons this photo melts my heart
This is the first installment of the Life of Yes! (LOY) Supper Club None of these people knew each other before a few months ago; most hadn’t met IRL before this week They […]
How to feel like a Nobel Peace Prize winner, without leaving your sweatpants
.. Taitania In second-grade, I was cast as Taitania, Queen of the Fairies, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. At Camp Echo, I was knighted Grape Stuffing Champion, squishing 43 green grapes […]
Why I’m celebrating 10 years of self-employment with hard-boiled eggs
You guys! Look at these hard-boiled eggs I made this morning! What? You don’t think that’s worth two exclamation points and a blog post?! Here’s why I think it is — Hard-boiled […]
The Home-Office: The Best! The Worst!
As I read 8 Coolest Tech Offices in Chicago, I admit the images and descriptions — “salvaged materials like wooden pallets, a shipping container and conveyer belts” “(an) Innovation Lab which […]