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I Moved to Increase My Access to Opportunities.
It’s been a minute since I last wrote or published anything for Brette’s Bliss because I’ve been moving (and a few other factors). I decided to move for a variety of reasons, primarily for more career opportunities. As I wrote in my “I wasn’t prepared for life after college” post, finding a job after graduation has been incredibly difficult and I know I could attribute that to a lack of industry in the location I was living in and the distance between me and the jobs I was applying for. I haven’t had a job interview since September 2019! To say that sucks is an embarrassing understatement. Now while moving…
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I Wasn’t Prepared for Life After College, but This is What I’m Doing About it
I just graduated! Actually, I graduated back in August (Like I said I would in my graduation post here). It’s been over a month now and I will be honest, life after graduating is not what I thought it would be, while also exactly like I thought it would be. I used to be scared of life after graduating from university, then I was excited for it as it got closer. Now I’m feeling a little lukewarm about graduating. I’m excited that I don’t have to go back to school this fall and that I can now start working full time, make money, start a career, and still have more…
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I Graduated College? Now what?
I haven’t posted since April, which is quite a long time, but I have my reasons and I also know that those reasons are no longer an issue. So back in June, I walked in commencement and “graduated.” I didn’t actually graduate. But I will! I hadn’t completed an internship yet so I technically couldn’t graduate at commencement, but I am completing my internship over this summer and will graduate upon its completion in August. When I first started college I wanted to graduate in four years without taking summer terms. Well, that didn’t happen. I’m a little over five years in (not counting the college courses I took in…
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How I Stayed Positive Last Term: The Five Things That Help Me Though Depressive Episodes
I don’t know why, and I’m not the first to say it, but winter terms on quarter schedules are really hard regardless of course load and situation in life. This term is not an exception for me and I find that every winter term seems to get worse. Regardless of that, this last winter term I pulled through like I always do. No matter how awful an episode may seem, it always gets better. All it takes is a little perspective. I usually end winter term in a depressive episode, and it usually begins around week five (out of 11 weeks). This term, my depressive episode began the first day…
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About Me: 5 Facts
It’s the end of the first week of September. It’s still hot as hell (WHERE ARE YOU FALL?) and I’ve been preparing for a 10 day road trip that I start this weekend. I realized, I really haven’t done anything recently (or ever) to tell you about me and my life (outside of my phone addiction challenge). I think this week is a good opportunity to do that. Next week I will post about the road trip so keep an eye out for that! To be honest, I was looking at a bunch of pinterest pins about journal and blog prompts in the patterns of “30 days about me.” I’m…
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Thank You Letters are Important!
Thank you letters are important and we should get back into the practice of sending thank yous in emails, letters, or notes.
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I’m Not Obligated to be Productive
I thought that if I wasn’t learning, creating, or accomplishing something, I was wasting the extra time I had during the day. I can’t remember when I first heard or read this, but it was within the last six months, but I am not obligated to be productive. Especially during my spare time. After reading Overwhelmed, I realized I was wasting my leisure time by trying to be productive.
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What I Loved and Hated About Paris
It’s been well over a year since I went to Paris and I’m still in awe of what an amazing opportunity it was. Here is my post about my trip to Paris. I loved most of the experience, but there were a few things I did not like about the experience. I compiled some things I loved, things I didn’t love, and things I had mixed feelings about during my 10 days in Paris.
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Stop Saying You Are “Busy”
There is work, and there is busy work. Busy work is generally meaningless. If you say “I’m busy” instead of “I was working on signing a few contracts that will bring my office a lot of new business,” you devalue the work you are doing. If you say “I’m busy that day” instead of “I am spending time with family that day” you are devaluing the activity of being with family.
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Discover The Life You Want To Live
How well do you know yourself? Are you living the life you want to live? Is your life really complicated and difficult right now? Am I living the Life I want to Live? I used to think I was the worst kind of blank slate, that I lacked genuine personality, and was a completely different person depending on who I was with. I also used to want a life that, I realize now, is overly complicated and would not make me happy. Until recently, I was moping about how busy my life is and how hard it was to get up in the morning and to not let go of everything. I…
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