Category: Topical Tuesdays

Important topics going on in the world around us.

Topical Tuesday – Thinking of Spring Cleaning?

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I know this time of year we are busy wrapping up the school year, trying our best to get our lawns in shape, and working hard to clean out all the old junk in our homes.  We are used to giving away old clothes, and out dated electronics in some cases too for all new upgrades.  What about in our pantry?  American’s over-consume a lot of things, but our waste of food seems to be the worst.  I invite you to look through your pantry especially and donate anything that has not yet expired that you know you or your family will not consume before its expiration date.  There are many food banks that desperately need items to help in your community.  There are many families that can not afford to put not only a health meal on the table, but enough that everyone gets enough to eat.  Many children go to bed starving, even in some middle class neighborhoods.

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Topical Tuesdays – You Are A Brand

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Whether we like it or not, in our modern digital age, we are individual brands.  Many companies monitor our online and real life lives in order to market even more specifically and appeal to our likes, and also our dislikes.  You may not appreciate it or like it, may feel it infringes on your rights, but you can get ahead of this curve.  Most social media platforms offer a form of privacy, and you can do the ultimate in privacy and simply not post anything.  We see countless news articles of people losing their jobs, or can’t find a job due to their opinions expressed over social media.  Also, we see big names in the media losing money, fame,  and power due to their negative opinions; whether sexist, racist, or homophobic.

We can post our resume and network connections online, we can share family photos, share personal information, but have to remember the over-sharing can either make or break your chances at advancement.  A lot of employers have added a Facebook clause to their employee contracts, meaning you are giving them the right to monitor and use whatever you do and say against you.  It makes you wonder if you can even have a private life anymore along with a professional life?

Absolutely!

Learn to keep your life private.  Take time to learn about privacy measures on each social network.  Stop tagging yourself, especially tagging your locations, utilize common sense – it’s a lot easier than we realize.  For any online daters out there, stop putting your kids pictures on your profiles too.  It’s just creepy.  The more steps we take in taking control of our online presence enhances our private lives.  Utilize having a professional email for work and other professional correspondence, have a personal email for family and friends, and a junk email for all those giveaways or stores that ask to send you endless bulk email.  There are plenty of email servers that can link these emails together so you only have to check one inbox.

Isn’t technology amazing?

Start taking the time and steps to get your life back – You will be successful!

Topical Tuesdays – High Cost of Brasier Living

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We all have that drawer or space devoted to our bras.  Whether they are fancy, high end, or barely being held together by the last bit of elastic and cheap wire, we rarely feel right in them, and tend to have so many that parting sometimes can be a sweet sorrow.  Each store has numerous styles, names, and fits to hold up two friends of ours that barely get along.  They don’t even look the same, let alone want to be held up all night by a sometimes constricting torture device.  They make us feel sexy, scared, supportive, yet most of us have no clue what we are doing in the lingerie department.  I know some women wish they came with instructions, or at least let there be more of a standard across the board when it comes to fits and sizes.

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