Tag: career

• sometimes you got to rewrite the plot

  I read the Time article on “The Childfree Life”. It was good and fair. It relied on facts and stats. I’m a sucker for stats. I might pick up a physical copy this weekend. I learned one thing this weekend. (Well I sort of knew this but this cemented it). I mentioned the Time article…

  C. F.

  August 6, 2013

  life

  career, childfree, goals

• short term goals 2010

  Goals Getting my certificate (by 12/2011) Getting certified (by 12/2012?) Learn how to cook Become fluent in Spanish Come up with an efficient system for my clothes/laundry I’ve already been put down for one of these goals. “Are you really going to use that? Why not just use a cookbook?” LOL. I believe in not…

  C. F.

  August 29, 2010

  life

  career, cooking, diet, goals, goals 2010, hfc, organizing, school, sodium, spanish

• valued employee?

  I was just reading a news article on technical writing yesterday and today my manager wants to use the notes I have written over a two-year period. She is going to give them to the trainers and the manual writers (aka tech writers). They are hiring two new people. Actually I think they are in…

  C. F.

  May 6, 2010

  life

  career, central park, dream job, helping people, social situations, technical writer, work, writer, zoo, zookeeper

• go back to school?

  I’m just thinking out loud. Assuming the company’s policy doesn’t change due to the economy, they will reimburse us for classes towards a degree. A year ago I was working on a certificate. The company won’t pay for that (even though it is much cheaper) because it isn’t a degree. I was planning on taking…

  C. F.

  April 7, 2009

  school

  career, college, master’s, teach

• My life – June 2006

  Entries from my paper journal. To read previous paper entries, click on the “Paper Thoughts” tag on the sidebar. June 4, 2006 Sick. Couldn’t get Elixir. Feel better after relaxing all day yesterday. I hadn’t done that in a while. Still have stuffy nose, of course. I hope tomorrow is better. Cold-ezze doesn’t help once…

  C. F.

  March 19, 2009

  paper journal

  anxiety, beach, career, demi, options, paper thoughts