Monday, November 7th, 2011
We’re all guilty of it – one of the first questions we tend to ask people when we meet them is ‘what do you do?’ It’s a measuring stick by which we judge whether or not they’re our kind of person, if we’ll get on, if we have similar interests. It’s only within the past few years I’ve come to realise it’s utter bollocks really and far too many of us are guilty of allowing our professions or jobs define who we are. It’s time we all dug a little deeper.
Tags: career, life lessons, work
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
That whole ‘famous for being famous’ thing – I never really got it. I blame Paris Hilton and her buddies. They started that wave of being a ‘celebrity’ for being rich and going to nightclubs a lot. I thought the whole point of ‘celebrity’ was that we were celebrating someone’s talent, but talent went out the window a long time ago. I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m starting to notice a ripple of change. It seems we are starting to praise and lift up those around us much more and that couldn’t have come at a better time.
Tags: aspirations, Celebrity, goals, work
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
A few weeks ago, I hosted the MAD Blog Awards, an odd choice perhaps, due to me not really using my uterus and all, but the crowd seemed to like my jokes nonetheless. Above is my outfit – classic Wolford from head to toe (the tights are a particular fave of mine from my extensive tights collection).
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Tags: MAD Blog Awards, Public Speaking, Wolford, work
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
How intertwined are your work and professional life? Do you go for drinks after work with your office mates? Oh sure, we all want to make out like we love the people we work with and since we spend a great deal of our lives around them, it’s pretty essential for our survival, so we don’t totally lose it and go on an office rampage. But weather you’re genuinely friendly with work pals or just faking the funk to make it through the day, is it wise to buddy up with the competition?
Tags: colleagues, facebook, friendships, twitter, work, work/life balance
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
So, I know it’s a recession and all, but cheapness is not an attractive quality. Don’t get me wrong, everyone watches their pennies, but you don’t need to constantly bring up how broke you are at every available opportunity.
I really have issue with people who are cheap for no reason though. Take my boss for example. That man pulls in some decent figures, much more than me, that’s for sure. Something I noticed when I started working there is that he never takes lunch.
At first I thought it was because he was a hard worker. Then I just thought it was strange that any man could make it through an entire working day without so much as a cracker. Over time I noticed, there were rare occasions when he would eat. I put two and two together and noticed that those occasions were when the meals could be expensed: a breakfast meeting here, a lunch there. So, maybe once or twice a month, this guy will eat during the day. He’s starving himself damnit! And all in the name saving a buck. That is some shameful shit.
I don’t know how he does it. That takes commitment. I’ll get woozy around two o’clock if I haven’t eaten.
I remember once, when I lived in New York, I once went three days without food. It was not by choice. I was broke and unemployed. And you know, apparently spending all my money on fly ass L.A.M.B trench coats. I survived on a jar of peanut butter. Hard times! I managed to scrape together ten bucks after a few days, took myself to the Olive Garden for the soup, salad and breadsticks deal and let me tell you, that shit never tasted so good. I had the waiter sending breadsticks out to me on a conveyer belt. I shut that restaurant down. They practically had to wheel me out of there. I spent the rest of the day walking that epic meal off.
During that meal, I said to myself ‘man, when I have a job and am not basically the flyest-almost-homeless person in the tri-state area, never again will I go without food and have to sit through the shame of dining at The Olive Garden.’ And you know what kids, I have not had to survive for three days on a jar of peanut butter or go to a shitty all you can eat lunch special since then.
My point being, I was on the peanut butter diet because I had to be. I had no choice. My boss has a choice, has money and chooses not to eat because he’s probably one of the cheapest men to ever roam the earth. I pity the fool that marries that man. She can expect to go dutch on every meal for the rest of her life. That’s if he even takes her out to eat.
So, if you’re reading this and it’s about time for you to have a snack, go ahead and splurge. Don’t be a food scrooge.
Tags: cheapness, food, lunching and munching, new york, work
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