Greetings from our humble abode at the Homewood Suites in Laurel, Maryland! This has been our home (temporarily) since November 19, when the 60 days of temporary housing that my new company paid for expired. We were put up in a newer 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom furnished apartment that quite honestly, was way more than what we needed, and at a cost of $4,500 per month, wasn’t something that we thought was good use of our money. So, we packed up our stuff, primarily clothing and thi

This time last month, Scott and I were on cloud nine. After five months and countless hours of of job searching, paying over $500 to work with a resume and cover letter expert, applying for over 50 jobs, tailoring resumes and cover letters to those jobs, networking, preparing for interviews, and experiencing rejection, Scott had a job offer with a local non-profit. He didn’t have non-profit working experience, but Scott enjoys community service and goes above and beyond to he

Note: This is part two of a three part blog series to prepare for 2017. Enjoy! In my prior post, Reflect and React Part I: I Want To See You Be Brave, I discussed the importance of self-awareness and how fear is the main hindrance to becoming self-aware. I'm stepping up to the plate and addressing some of the questions I posed at the beginning of the last post. In writing my responses, I learned new things about myself and wrote things that were in the back of my mind, but t