Good fabulous Sunday morning! Are you energized and ready to start the week? Tell me about it. What do you do to prepare for the upcoming week? I typically use Sunday as a prep day for the upcoming week. This is the day I get my head geared up for Monday (starts with prayer and […]
Behind Closed Doors
Do you think people are talking about you? They are. Do you think you are being watched? You are. I am not talking about gossipy negative stuff. I am talking about the real discussions that make or break your career. These are the discussions that the executives have about the up and coming people that […]
FAB FIT 50
My how the time flies….I remember being 20 something and if I cut out one meal a day I could lose weight. For ladies along the way or in the same age bracket as me ~ we are in this together. I hope you enjoy my blog posts about my #FABFIT50 journey as I approach […]
The Mentor and the Jackass….
I showed up for orientation, took the “Oath” and was assigned to my first position as a GS-01 Clerk Typist making $4.20 per hour (no more than 4 hours per day and 20 hours per week). This was non-negotiable. I learned so much in this first assignment. I learned about things called “Suspenses” and “Acronyms”. […]
My HR family…
Oh what a joy it was. I worked with the most fabulous people. The Human Resource people are the people that help you get hired in the government (definitely friends to have). In June, 1987 I graduated high school, turned 18 and moved in with my boyfriend–all within one week. I soon realized this boyfriend […]
This is how the journey began
I was a junior in high school and had no idea what path I wanted to pursue in life. A race car driver, train engineer, teacher, accountant, lawyer were careers that were of interest to me at the time. My classmates were chatting about a school program where you only had to go to class […]
The Pivotal Moment…
One day a random question changed the course of my life. It was nearing the end of summer and a awesome colleague with a few more years of government service than I asked, “what are you going to do after your summer hire term ends”? Again, I had no idea. At that moment, she influenced […]
