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Career, Education, Parenting, Personal, Relationships

Peaked Too Early

Jun 11. 2011

Lately I have been plagued with a nagging uncertainty that makes me wonder if I had peaked too early in life. Allow me to explain. Before the age of 20, I was a Little Miss Overachiever: straight 'A's in school, tons of extracurricular activities, numerous awards, distinctions, and merits. My accomplishments included the following: Not only did I qualify for the regional orchestra made up of 50 high schools in the lower NY area, I wrangled solo performances. I was accepted to the über-prestigious Cooper Union School of Art's Saturday Program (which has since divided into the Saturday Program and the Outreach Program) which allowed me to take art classes — for free — every Saturday for an entire summer from some of the...

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Baby, Career, Claire, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal

Rethinking My Role as a SAHM

May 19. 2011

I am no longer on bedrest. I still need to take it easy (ie, no heavy lifting, getting as much rest as possible, etc) until my next OB appt in two weeks — when hopefully we will find out BebeDeux's gender! — but I am no longer confined to the bed. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I actually quite enjoyed bedrest. Although I felt a bit bad for J, my SIL, and my mother who were all chipping in to help with Claire, it was a nice break for this pregnant and tired blogger. For all that, I am certain that I probably would have hated it if it lasted longer. I seriously don't know how other pregnant...

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Career, Food, Home

Guest Post: Your Job is Ruining Dinner

Oct 29. 2010

I don't particularly like cooking, and I'm embarrassed to reveal just how many days per week we order in (especially during the latter weeks of my pregnancy). However, home-cooked IS best in my opinion and I prefer my mother's dishes over a restaurant's any day. In this piece Susan ponders if women's careers have lead to a decrease in homecooked meals and an increase in fast-food joints and take-out menus. Can we have it all? Here's a new one in the women/Moms should just stay at home argument; working women are ruining dinner. Shame on us! All the crazy feminists who aren't home to cook a good meal have apparently caused all kinds of problems, according to this article. The rise of so...

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Baby, Career, Guest Posts, Relationships

Guest Post: Single Ladies (Don’t Put a Ring on It)?

Oct 26. 2010

Here is another great read from Susan. In this post she discusses the decreasing gender wage gap (yay!) and the different factors that may or may not play into it. Enjoy! In the ever-growing body of evidence for the diminishing wage gap between men and women, research has uncovered a segment of women making more than their male counterparts. Ta-da! "In 2008, single, childless women between ages 22 and 30 were earning more than their male counterparts in most U.S. cities, with incomes that were 8% greater on average, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data," says the Wall Street Journal. Between the reports of more men losing their jobs than women in the current recession, and the fact that women...

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Blogging, Career, Finance, Guest Posts

Guest Post: How I Got Out of Debt

Oct 13. 2010

Our next guest post comes from Fabulously Broke, one of my favorite lifestyle/personal finance bloggers. I always found her story inspiring and asked her to write a special post on how she managed to clear $60k in debt AND build a respectable net worth. Enjoy! Background I am a twenty-something consultant who was $60,000 in student debt after graduating college, and I cleared it in full after 18 months. Now, approximately 3 years later I have a net worth of ~$110,000. I started my climb out of debt by blogging at Fabulously Broke in the City which is a lifestyle blog with a hint of money talk, and I've just recently started another blog about my other passion: achievable, everyday minimalism and how to simplify...

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