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Nicole: On the Record and Oversharing

By Nicole K | Published January 25, 2013

It’s totally bittersweet for me, but I think this was my most favorite week of the whole season! It was so much fun to see the questions my fellow Season 7 rockstars came up with and I had a blast answering them. You may learn a few things about me that you didn’t want to know and for that I don’t really apologize…I’m quirky and I’m told its a pretty lovable trait. ENJOY!

Posted in All Posts, Inspiration, Life Lesson, Nicole, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 7 | Also tagged authenticity, big dreams, choosing happiness, fierce love, goals, gratitude, Inspiration, joy, Life Lessons, living in the present, nicole, nicole stratejoy season 7, QLC, self love, self-awareness Leave a comment

Tempted By Health Insurance and Human Interaction

By Mary | Published December 10, 2012

It’s funny what a little new-found self awareness can do for you. I have been a full-time freelancer for over three months now and I feel like I’m doing pretty well. It was something I worked toward for two years and it has its tough moments, but overall, it’s one of the best decisions I’ve [...]

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Jumping Into the Unknown

By Nicole K | Published December 7, 2012

I know I can’t let fear rule my life. At some point I have to choose to jump into the unknown or remain in the same stagnant place I’ve been. I’m trying hard to work up the courage to jump because I really don’t want to be in the same place when November 2013 rolls around.

Posted in All Posts, Job/Career/Work, Mamahood, Nicole, Season 7 | Also tagged authenticity, big dreams, Clarity, Fear, goals, motherhood, nicole, nicole season 7 stratejoy, self love, self-awareness 1 Comment

The Peace that Comes from Naming your Passion

By Nicole K | Published November 2, 2012

I want to be a model of a woman who loves herself, who finds joy in ordinary places, who celebrates her individuality – and I want to pay it forward.

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California Dreaming

By Mary | Published October 1, 2012

Going to Los Angeles was my plan…I was going to move out there and write for sitcoms. That was all I cared about and I never considered love or starting a family or anything “boring” like that. Well, I have a funny thing to tell you, kids: Love always wins.

Posted in All Posts, Job/Career/Work, Love/Relationships, Mary, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 7, Travel/Adventure | Also tagged love, quarter life crisis, supportive spouse 7 Comments

A Girl and Her Baggage

By Caitlin | Published May 29, 2012

The best part about temporarily living in another country is that I’m surrounded by only the most essential elements– my husband, my computer, a camera, a few art supplies and an eighth of my wardrobe. There’s a strong sense of stillness, simplicity, and space– both physical and emotional– that brings my attention to what’s important. The downside to this is that I have nowhere to hide from myself, from the parts of me that I try to push down, that I don’t want to deal with.

Posted in Caiti, Creativity, Job/Career/Work, Quarterlife Crisis, Season 6 | Also tagged Clarity, Fear, Quarterlife Crisis, self-awareness 13 Comments

On Writing My Own Job

By Sarah | Published April 29, 2012

I never pictured myself the entreprenurial type. The idea of striking out and doing anything on my own felt painfully uncomfortable. I don’t know anything about running a business. How could any take me seriously?

I’m a super rule follower. That’s probably why I ended up with a government major and a government job. The government provides tons of manuals and rules and requirements. You don’t have to come up with anything yourself. In fact, it would best if you didn’t.

Posted in Creativity, Family, Job/Career/Work, Sarah | Also tagged challenges, change, child, children, employment, family, freelancing, graduate school, jobs, jobs for moms, marriage, Molly Mahar, part time work, Quarterlife Crisis, sahm, sarah bagley, school, stay at home mom, stratejoy, work, work at home mom, writing 18 Comments

Let Me Fly With My Beaded-Paper Wings

By Camila | Published April 6, 2012

Last May, I went to visit my amazing, go-getter of a friend who was working at a health clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I knew I would be spending some time with her but I also knew I had to visit some artisans in Haiti. Since I was still an AmeriCorps member and knew I’d have a while before returning to school I figured I might as well get a head start and conduct some independent research while there and see if this was indeed what I wanted to dedicate several years of my life to doing. That solidified it.

Posted in All Posts, Camila, Creativity, Inspiration, Job/Career/Work, Season 6, Travel/Adventure | Also tagged Art, big dreams, creativity, finding the right career, Haiti, Inspiration, Travel 15 Comments

The Highs and Lows of Shaping My Own Career

By Arielle | Published April 2, 2012

For the first time in years, someone saw me as the capable, intelligent, driven person that deep down I always knew I was, but that I had lost sight of during the disheartening process of having my résumé passed over several hundred times.