May 4, 2015

Happy Monday Morning!

 how to have a happy Monday morning

In deep thought about how to have a happy Monday morning, I decided nothing says “You’re special! You’re funny! Have a great day!”…like looking at the funniest memes on the internet. Feeling guilty about taking the time for a laugh? DON’T! Studies show the importance of taking breaks in boosting happiness suppressing decision fatigue  at work. And what employer wants a depressed, decision-fatigued worker?! No employer, that’s who! Employers want to focus on how to have a happy Monday morning just as much as the rest of us do. Don’t defend your choice to take short breaks when you need them. Instead, kick butt with your can-do attitude. If your…

Read more

written by carolineschley@gmail.com - Posted in monday-friday fabulous

April 21, 2015

Wait Time

 Greyscale photo of woman with silent sign

Before we discuss wait time, I want to engage in a little warm up activity:   Step 1: Close your mouth and breathe in through your nose Step 2: Silently, slowly count to 5 Congratulations! You have just practiced the art of “how to shut the f#ck up for 5 seconds”.  It’s something I’ve realized recently I need more of in my life.  As a teacher, a female and a general eager-to-please type of person, I am not a huge fan of gaps in conversation.  It makes me uncomfortable-in that itchy, social-hives, am-I-boring kind of way.  However, while googling ways to have better conversations with my boyfriends students and professional colleagues,…

Read more

written by carolineschley@gmail.com - Posted in work fabulous

September 12, 2014

Interesting Questions for Friday Happy Hour

 doughnuts flowers

Here is a universal truth about work: It’s important to have interesting questions for Friday happy hour. Happy hour is a chance to get to know the people that you work with on another level.  This, in turn, WILL allow you to work better with them.     It is the curse of the Friday afternoon happy hour–the awkward conversation with the boring coworker.  Luckily, my co-workers are fabulous (hi, co-workers!) but for those of you not so lucky, happy hour is an important time to be well-versed in your communication skills.  No one wants to talk about work and if you don’t have something interesting to say you will just…

Read more

written by carolineschley@gmail.com - Posted in live fabulous

September 3, 2014

New Job Anxiety and How to Overcome It

 people computer table

New things are scary. Just think about the last time you moved or switched hair stylists or the first hipster outfit you bought…scary scary scary.    But at the top of the scary list for any fearless, fabulous, modern woman is starting a new job. Let’s talk about new job anxiety and how to overcome it. Because to have an exciting life, you need to grab scary for a high school make-out session and live out of your comfort zone. A new job is the ultimate scary/exciting experience By definition you must put your comfortable, fuzzy-blanket past behind you, step on some professional stiletto-clad toes, and unequivocally start over. There…

Read more

written by carolineschley@gmail.com - Posted in live fabulous

January 3, 2014

Lean In

It’s hard to find time to lean in. (Side note: What IS it about stalking ex-boyfriends and random third grade semi-friends on the internet that eats up so much time?  Le sigh.) Anway, in the interest of finding a different, slightly-more-productive internet black hole, I have discovered www.leanin.org As a way of introduction (just on the off chance you were living in a cave when the ‘Lean In’ book came out last spring) let me post some of the author bio from the New York Times book review here: Sheryl Sandberg has been the chief operating officer of Facebook since 2008. At 43, she has already had a storied career:…

Read more

written by carolineschley@gmail.com - Posted in live fabulous