Working Women Wednesday Archives

Fun in a Chinese Walmart – And Pursuing Your Dreams In the Face of Enormous Obstacles

25 Comments / Family Life, Overcoming Adversity, Success, Work / By chiefmomofficer

I can still remember when I decided to get my MBA. I was working as a Business Analyst (essentially designing screens and software) for a Fortune 500 company, having gone from community college to a four year school and graduating with high honors some years before. Although I was working in a relatively low-level job, …

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Seven Ways To Have It All as a Working mom

9 Comments / Breadwinning Mom, Success, Work / By chiefmomofficer

Today I’m going to share the secret to having it all as a working mom. The secret is…you can’t. Sorry. But I do have seven tips to help you stay sane. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my 14 years of being a working professional in IT at Fortune 500 companies, while also being …

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Dealing With Snow Days as a Breadwinning Mom

8 Comments / Breadwinning Mom, Work / By chiefmomofficer

Snow days can be tricky to navigate, but especially if you’re a breadwinning mom. Come read all about my challenges and how I deal with working from home in a snowy situation!

Seven Trials and Tribulations of Being a Full Time Breadwinning Mom

24 Comments / Breadwinning Mom, Work / By chiefmomofficer

Being a breadwinning mom can be tricky at times. Here I discuss seven trials and tribulations I’ve encountered through the years as a breadwinning mom.

Heading Back from Vacation and Working Your New Years Career Goals

5 Comments / Success, Work / By chiefmomofficer

Like many of you, I headed back to work on Tuesday after some time off. I was totally disconnected while I was away-even though I wasn’t traveling, I feel strongly that it’s very important to completely disconnect and recharge every once in a while. During my time off I relaxed, worked on this blog, went …

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Finding Purpose in your work – No Matter What you do

13 Comments / Success, Work / By chiefmomofficer

Work. Unless you’re financially independent, or already retired, you likely spend most of your time at work. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day business, hustle, and bustle of whatever it is that you do for a living. But when was the last time you sat down and thought about the larger …

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