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Today, lots of women would love to integrate their passion with their career and are seeking advice on how to do just that. Michelle Goodman, a self proclaimed, "wage-slave" has written a fun, reassuring, girlfriend-to-girlfriend guide on identifying your passion, transitioning out of that... read more
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“It's not like once you get the degree, you get the job.”
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“Buying stuff and getting into debt is never going to be rebellious.”
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While scouting out the gigs, pay attention to everything from work environment, industry culture, and office hours to salary, education and skills required, and job-market outlook.
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What do I never want to do again as long as I live ?
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“As far as we know, you only go around once, and I am hell-bent on not having a mediocre life.”
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott, Pantheon, 1994.
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Kirsten Johnson, a career counselor to other twentysomethings and author of the blog Dream Big.
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For business-plan templates or free start-up advice, see the SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, website at www.Score.org.
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ditching the dream because you want immediate gratification is what’s known as wimping out.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/oco),
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If you do have a genuine interest in the simple life (sans Paris and Nicole) check out organizations like Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (www.wwoof.org). Also see the camp, ranch, and resort gigs listed on BackDoorJobs.com and CoolWorks.com.
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What’s the one thing you’ve been talking about doing forever that your friends are sick of hearing about?
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When I decided to flee the cube in my mid-twenties, I knew I wanted to do something related to writing, but I had no idea what.
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- Michelle Goodman (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Seal Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 1580051863
Page Count: 220
Publisher: Seal Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 1580051863
Page Count: 220
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- Dewey: 650.1082
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- Books › Business & Investing › Personal Finance › Money Management for Women
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