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Message from a reader describing her comeback from "rejection" and pursuit of work-life balance

by Marquis | Jun 15, 2009 | career, career-life balance, reader feedback, real life stuff, shout outs to me

What’s going on, y’all. I’m writing this entry with a big smile on my face because today was the second warm day in a row here in Chicago. That may be a weird thing to be happy about, but y’all weren’t here on those days when the...

Balancing family life and the choice of a career path

by Marquis | Jun 14, 2009 | career-life balance, real life stuff

Hey there, everyone. I hope you’re all having a great Sunday and are getting some decent rest in before starting another week of work. As for myself, I’m on my way out to check out the Chicago Ribfest to likely eat waaaaay too much and do some major damage...

A couple of interesting articles sent to me by a reader

by Marquis | Jun 12, 2009 | career-life balance, interesting articles, real life stuff

Hello all. Happy Friday! If any of you have been grindin’ hard like I have lately, I bet you’re really looking forward to the weekend. I’ve been doing so much traveling lately that I haven’t had a chance to rest, so this weekend will probably...

Response to some constructive feedback from a reader

by Marquis | May 20, 2009 | About Marquis, Reader comments, reader feedback, Reader follow-up, real life stuff

Hello all, I hope you had a nice evening and have started off your day well. As you know, I regularly read comments that my readers post on my site and take time to consider all feedback that I receive. This entry is to respond to some feedback that came in and...

Never get too busy making a living that you forget to make a life

by Marquis | Apr 22, 2009 | About Marquis, career, Random categories, real life stuff

Hey there, folk. As you can probably tell, I’ve been doing a lot of introspection in the past few weeks since the passing of my aunt and, along with that, I’ve been writing a lot more about what’s going on in my head nowadays. Well, that trend will...

Detailed walk-through of the BIG wedding weekend in India (but I didn’t write it myself)

by Marquis | Mar 18, 2009 | Random categories, vacation

For the past two weeks, my mother has been on me to write up a description of my trip to India, but I’ve been ridiculously busy in the two weeks since my return. Basically, my trip was split into two parts. The first was five days of sight-seeing and bouncing...
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