Lifestyle
Not getting enough sleep: 4 Ways to Cope with a Snoring Partner
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...
Escaping The Expatriate Bubble…
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...
Here goes nothing!
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...
5 Signs That You Are Doing Too Much
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...
Insomnia…
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...
Toward a Foreign Service Reflecting America
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....
10 Things I Hate (in no particular order)
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...
4 Financial Tips/Tricks to “make it” in DC on a public servants budget
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....
Key Elements for Effective and Successful Public Diplomacy Efforts
As a career diplomat and public diplomacy specialist with nearly a decade of experience overseas and in Washington, I have thought deeply about the most effective ways to practice public diplomacy, and how to ensure policy making and public diplomacy are joined at...