Happiness is a choice. It is not just a way of being but rather it is a conscious choice and something you must commit to seeking every day. Happiness is what life is all about; it is what makes the challenges, failures, stresses, and losses, bearable. Happiness fills...
After grad school, when life became more predictable and routine driven and the metabolism began to slow down, of course after the babies started coming, I started trying to run on my own in an effort to "stay in shape". I had always been physically active, played...
Are you ever faced with the dilemma of kicking your partner out of the room vs. just not getting enough (or restful) sleep? Are you kept awake at night by their while sleeping laughing, restlessness, talking, snoring or some combination of all of these things? In the...
When I first joined the Foreign Service, I was told by several seasoned officers that the world you live in while overseas is like a fishbowl in many ways. In many cases, it is as though you are back in high school, where everyone knows everything about everyone else...
Okay, so this is my first time out in the blogosphere and I am ready to see what it is all about. I have many friends who blog and who have (and continue to) actively encouraged me to do the same, so I decided to roll the dice and see what happens. I am not sure what...
Life is busy, life is messy, we all wear many hats and find ourselves encumbering many roles, but when do you say enough is enough? Do you ever find yourself awake at night because you feel anxiety about all the things you have to do, literally the "to-do" list is...
This post is about insomnia, a phenomenon that I have been suffering from more and more frequently of late and one that I almost never suffered from in the past. What's changed? Well, it could be the fact that I am a mother, with an ear acutely attuned to my child's...
Two innovative programs—the Thomas R. Pickering Fellowship and the Charles B. Rangel Program—have helped bring diversity to the Foreign Service, but challenges remain. The Foreign Service is the face of America around the world, both literally and metaphorically....
So it is Tuesday and already a couple of these things have happened to me. However I decided instead of flipping out on people or getting stressed that instead I would write it down and share it. I don't know about you but it usually isn't the big things that push...
Caveat: I am NOT a financial expert in any way, shape, or form. I am however a habitual HR brown bag attendee and question asker and the lucky recipient of a lot of sound financial advice during my time in the foreign service thus far, which I will now impart to you....