Well it's Wednesday morning and I am anything less than excited about it. Why can't it be Thursday or Friday? I would take anything closer to the weekend.
For starters, tomorrow is December 1st. That means only a few short weeks and it's Christmas!!! I'm so excited! Each weekend will have so many different fun things to do. For instance, this weekend I am getting my first REAL Christmas tree for my apartment! YAY! Which also translates into decorating the tree and other fun household holiday decorating.
The following weekend I plan to visit my college friends at Kutztown and just enjoy spending time with them. I would love to get some holiday baking in one weekend, gift wrapping, and finish Christmas shopping. It doesn't seem like much, but it's so much to squeeze into 2 days every other 5. Whoever thought we should work 5 days and have off 2 was crazy. It should be vice versa :)
Well, on to more important matters...
...Stage of Life is in the midst of our site wide writing contest that has a $250 prize. The contest ends December 31st, so make sure you enter (no matter what stage of life you are in).
I have been doing some updating to multiple pages on the site including the High School video, statistic, and quote pages, the College video, statistic, and quote pages, the Having a Baby video page, and the Retirement/Empty Nest video page.
I also created a Top Ten page for the On My Own stage. I hope you take some time to check out what I have been up to since Thanksgiving :)
Stay tuned for lots more updates, page creations, and great blogs!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Turkey Day = Short Work Week
I cannot express how excited for Thanksgiving I am. While in college, I lived for the holiday breaks where you get a few days off to gorge yourself with food, sleep in, catch up on TV time, and shop. As I entered the adult professsional world, I was really afraid that I would loose that excitement for the holidays, because the breaks would be shorter and I am closer to family.
I couldn't have been more off. I'm looking forward to the holiday breaks more so as an "adult" then as a student. While I was at school, I had a ton of friends to meet up with, take studying breaks with, go out with, and lots of time to vent about the horrors of college homework and projects.
While I love my job and am growing in my professional development, I seriously can not emphasis how wonderful it feels to know I have a 2 day work week (and working Wednesday from home), and will conclude my week with pajamas, turkey, and lots of Black Friday shopping. I feel so energized.
I'm convinced that we should have more holidays to make employees re-energized about their jobs and the ability to find the passion they might be lacking in their career. It's important for employees to be able to take the time they need in their lives to regroup and gather their thoughts.
Everyone has a life outside of their career, and it's not always a sunshine and smiles kind of life. People have broken families, marriages, and relationships. People have illnesses, emergencies, and deaths. People even have bad days. Can you imagine?
Ok, my humor isn't the best, but you know what I mean. At the holiday's I think it's important for everyone to extend a helping hand to those around us and be more understanding with bosses, employees, and co-workers.
I'm proud to say that at Stage of Life, I have a flexible work schedule that gives me the wiggle room for emergencies, car problems, and bad days. I would like to encourage others to give the same flexibility to their employees, it might just be the energizing kick start to a new project, year, or position.
I also think the United States should consider taking up siesta, but that's just me...
I couldn't have been more off. I'm looking forward to the holiday breaks more so as an "adult" then as a student. While I was at school, I had a ton of friends to meet up with, take studying breaks with, go out with, and lots of time to vent about the horrors of college homework and projects.
While I love my job and am growing in my professional development, I seriously can not emphasis how wonderful it feels to know I have a 2 day work week (and working Wednesday from home), and will conclude my week with pajamas, turkey, and lots of Black Friday shopping. I feel so energized.
I'm convinced that we should have more holidays to make employees re-energized about their jobs and the ability to find the passion they might be lacking in their career. It's important for employees to be able to take the time they need in their lives to regroup and gather their thoughts.
Everyone has a life outside of their career, and it's not always a sunshine and smiles kind of life. People have broken families, marriages, and relationships. People have illnesses, emergencies, and deaths. People even have bad days. Can you imagine?
Ok, my humor isn't the best, but you know what I mean. At the holiday's I think it's important for everyone to extend a helping hand to those around us and be more understanding with bosses, employees, and co-workers.
I'm proud to say that at Stage of Life, I have a flexible work schedule that gives me the wiggle room for emergencies, car problems, and bad days. I would like to encourage others to give the same flexibility to their employees, it might just be the energizing kick start to a new project, year, or position.
I also think the United States should consider taking up siesta, but that's just me...
Friday, November 18, 2011
What a Week!
Working has got the best of me. It's all I do these days...and I'm loving it!
This week was busy...and by busy I mean productive!
On Monday, Eric and I had our usual Monday morning meeting, where we talk about the weekend, what's on the calendar for the week, and what projects we have to do. This Monday Eric was on the ball, he had a 3 page email already waiting for me in my inbox. 12 projects to notch out this week, on top of my normal responsibilities plus two conferences (The 2011 Entrepreneurship Conference at York College and The 25th Business Expo) and a student networking event at York College. My brain hurt just thinking about my week.
I printed the email and we started our meeting.
Eric outlined each project for me, and I took notes. Our meeting was shorter than usual, very on key and business professional. There was no time for small talk with this master list of projects consuming my brain.
So around 9:30am on Monday, I dug into the projects list and I can say that at 3:20pm today (Friday) I have completed all projects except two (which are dependent on other people as well). Now that's a good feeling.
My projects ranged from creating new pages on the site, like these:
And if you are like me and you're prepping for the holiday shopping season, you might want to check out this...
It was a crazy (fun) week!
This week was busy...and by busy I mean productive!
On Monday, Eric and I had our usual Monday morning meeting, where we talk about the weekend, what's on the calendar for the week, and what projects we have to do. This Monday Eric was on the ball, he had a 3 page email already waiting for me in my inbox. 12 projects to notch out this week, on top of my normal responsibilities plus two conferences (The 2011 Entrepreneurship Conference at York College and The 25th Business Expo) and a student networking event at York College. My brain hurt just thinking about my week.
I printed the email and we started our meeting.
Eric outlined each project for me, and I took notes. Our meeting was shorter than usual, very on key and business professional. There was no time for small talk with this master list of projects consuming my brain.
So around 9:30am on Monday, I dug into the projects list and I can say that at 3:20pm today (Friday) I have completed all projects except two (which are dependent on other people as well). Now that's a good feeling.
My projects ranged from creating new pages on the site, like these:
- http://www.stageoflife.com/StageHighSchool/OtherResources/TopTen.aspx
- http://www.stageoflife.com/StageCollege/OtherResources/TopTen.aspx
- http://www.stageoflife.com/Quotes.aspx
- http://www.stageoflife.com/Videos.aspx
- http://www.stageoflife.com/Statistics.aspx
And if you are like me and you're prepping for the holiday shopping season, you might want to check out this...
- Shop Amazon's Holiday Countdown to Black Friday Store
- Shop Amazon's Holiday Toy List
- Shop Amazon's Gift Cards - Perfect Anytime
- Shop Amazon's Christmas Corner - Holiday decor, tableware, and entertainment
It was a crazy (fun) week!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Who do teens trust to keep them safe?
StageofLife.com asked teens who they trust. Their answers are shocking...
Check out our summary page for the October Writing Contest about Trust and Safety.
The summary report contains the following information:
1) Themes and teen trends on trust and safety issues as identified from over 100 personal essays submitted to StageofLife.com by high school students.2) Visitor data to StageofLife.com during the Teens, Trust and Safety essay contest3) Survey data from the Teens, Trust and Safety poll4) Links to over 120 essays submitted by teens to StageofLife.com answering the question writing contest prompt, "Do you trust our institutions to keep us safe?"
Or check out the national press release that covers this writing contest.
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