In Search of: A Little Self-Care

Well.  Tomorrow is D-Day.  I head back to work.  Although I’ve been checking my email like a mad-woman, I still haven’t heard from my principal.  So we’ll see how that goes.  In the meantime, I got a bunch of work done on my lesson plans and curriculum.  If things don’t work out, it won’t be [...]

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Are You There, Universe? It’s Me, Heather.

I spent the evening hanging out at my favorite tea shop.  Well, I’m starting to second guess that statement.  The place is awesome, but when I went back for my usual refill of hot water, the owner gave me a hard time.  Um.  Dude.  I come here all the time.  I always buy a full [...]

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What Matters is This: Happiness

These days, I am acutely aware of how much I relish my free time. One thing I learned during my year off from work is that I love to do things I want to do.  I have a ton a personal interests that have nothing to do with my job.  And so, as I have [...]

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Some Hiking, Some Writing, Some Plans

What a week!  (I think I’ve been saying that a lot lately.)  I know, this post is late.  Hell, it was supposed to be written and up by Wednesday, and it’s already Friday afternoon.  One of these days, I’ll be like Stella and get my groove back. Though I think it may take a while.  [...]

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The Art of Happiness at Work

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or StumbleUpon. I just finished reading The Art of Happiness at Workby the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler. I’m not sure why I decided to pick this one up, being that I just left my job, and I happen to be perfectly happy working [...]

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First, Do What Matters: Thoughts on Organizing Your Schedule

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or StumbleUpon. The past several weeks, I’ve been struggling with how to organize my schedule. You see, this whole business of working on my own — writing a novel, maintaining a website and developing a number of other writing projects — it’s had me [...]

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My First Week Away from the Day Job

As I posted on Facebook last week, I seriously have the most awesome friends.  I’ve been so surprised and amazed by all the support I’ve gotten as I’ve started this new journey and officially left my day job.  Holy crap, can you believe I actually did it? Part of me thinks I’m just on vacation.  [...]

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Five Days and Counting

Yes, that’s right — only five days left sitting at this desk!  I’m ecstatic.  I’ve never been a lover of Mondays.  But I must say, this might be the best Monday yet. Although I’ve had a few freak out, I-can’t-believe-I-just-quit-my-job, moments — it all actually feels really good.  For the first time in my life, [...]

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Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow (Not)

departure peaceful, joyful climbing, soaring, creating living life on purpose free ———————————————————————————— This is what I’ve been waiting for the past several months.  I was scared to death.  (Well, maybe not to death.  I’m being a little dramatic here.)  But I took a deep breath, walked into my boss’s office and told her that I’m [...]

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A Poetic Departure

The director of the California Employment Development Department resigned today. The parting email he sent to colleagues was leaked. I think it’s perfect. Perhaps I should use something similar for my parting words? Here is the exact text: Resigned. Quit. Gone. Freed. Vacated. Left. Stopped. Ceased. Nowhere. Somewhere. Happy. Not Here. No more. Don’t guess. [...]

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