In this day and age there are still people who do not use the out-of-office reply message. And sometimes that is because they don’t know how to use it or sometimes it means something about how you perceive yourself. but let me not get ahead of myself here. […]
I both love and hate business trips. When you are on constant work travel, you become a pro at navigating security lines, picking optimal flight seats, and packing to fit everything into a carry-on bag no matter how many days you are there. You also develop some quirky […]
We all know that Mondays are often dreaded as the start of the workweek. While you got to relax on the weekend, you then have to steel yourself against all sorts of possible indignities from the coming week. That is how one often approaches a Monday. Although, I […]
I don’t drive. Happily so. I don’t really plan on ever learning to drive. Happily so. In my last New York office, more than 50% of the staff didn’t own a car, and/or didn’t have a driver’s license. We were at peace and in bliss. As such, […]
As a kid we were constantly looking up. We literally and figuratively looked up to our parents, teachers and other adults. We looked up at the mobiles handing over our crib trying to lull us into a peaceful state of being. We climbed the park play areas in […]
There is always time For work And more work We are busy bees Without a bonnet Nor a true net We walk the tightrope Day in and day out Hoping beyond hope That there is a truth And true meaning Who wouldn’t to have some bearing? But we […]
When you are young, naive and in a new environment there is often a great unease with which one can walk around. I remember when I first went off to boarding school, I knew one other person there. We hadn’t been great friends beforehand but we surely became […]
I have written much the last few years as to how it is cool to not be wedded necessarily to just one job industry as we have just one life to live. As part of Generation X, we have learned to take big leaps out of our […]
Sometimes life is silly. Sometimes its frustrating. And at times, mysterious. It’s all also what you make of it. I was recently watching an episode of the television show called D.C. Legends of Tomorrow where a character is caught in a timeloop and finally decides to just have […]
It is a new year and a new me. And I am so excited. Ok. I should note it is not really a new me. It is old Mimi. Same old me. I am just having fun being me. I have been dancing in the middle of the day […]