If you’re a parent you’ve probably learned by now that vacationing with kids is really not a vacation at all. As someone who loves to travel, I was blindsided once having kids with all the do’s and don’ts of vacationing as a family. Traveling is not always easy, and some trips you may find are more trouble [Read More]
There comes a point in most romantic relationships when the line between what belongs to whom starts to blur. One of my friends gives her boyfriend money for errands, then other times he’ll pay for their entire vacation and tell her not to worry about it. By the time they were living together, managing finances was left on [Read More]
There are immediate and real risks when you can’t get to the point in today’s attention-starved economy. Delayed decisions, ignored e-mails, endless meetings, harsh performance reviews, stalled sales and being avoided at all costs are among those consequences.
Brevity is emerging as a new business staple. Busy professionals expect it and get annoyed when it’s missing. In my new book [Read More]
Dot Complicated: Editor & Community Manager
This is a part-time position, which could eventually be expanded to full-time. Positioned is based ideally in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we are open to a rock-star working remotely.
Job Description: This person will assist Dot Complicated’s Editor-In-Chief in writing and editing articles for Dot Complicated, writing and managing [Read More]
Your browsing through your LinkedIn suggested contacts when *GULP* there she is. Her profile pic is way cuter than yours. It looks like she got it professionally done in a studio and she’s posing for a Cover-Girl ad. She has an MBA. Clearly, she’s way smarter than you are.
No, I’m not talking about your ex-boyfriend’s new [Read More]
To help my Mom combat her electronic anxieties, I volunteered to teach her computer classes. I knew when I raised the idea it would be a big commitment because in order to truly succeed in this pursuit, I would be forced to challenge some of my core Gen Y character traits (or flaws, depending on which generation you’re from).
You [Read More]
By now we all know that managing life, family, and a career can sometimes seem impossible. With the advancement of technology over the last two decades, work tasks have become much easier. However, these advancements have created an always-accessible work expectation. Having worked in corporate America for over a decade, the most important thing I’ve learned is how imperative it [Read More]
Have you ever been unfriended by someone on Facebook, and actually realized it’s happened? I did, and I was hurt. I noticed my friend’s husband’s brother, deleted me. Yeah, we’d only seen each other once in the last two years but I was still offended, you know? I quizzed my friend and she said ‘Don’t [Read More]
The world of technology is advancing at a frightening pace. It is estimated that over 2 billion people around the world are connected to the internet whereas approximately 1.5 billion own both a smartphone and a PC. At the turn of the 21st century Google was just a search engine, helping you to stalk [Read More]
When kids are overexcited, in the middle of a temper tantrum, or having trouble with their homework parents often tell their kids to “relax and calm down.” When they are wiggling in their desks and having difficulty sitting still, teachers frequently say to their students “just focus and pay attention.” Or when children are too [Read More]
