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Continue reading →: Heart Palpitations at 50: Scarey EKG Results, and What I’m Doing NextHey guys, it’s Irene. I was editing a post, but I stopped mid-edit because I realized I didn’t want to share that right now. Something has been weighing on me, and we need to talk about it. I don’t always feel like I share enough about myself—what’s really happening behind…
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Continue reading →: How I Got a Job in 56 Days After Being Laid Off — Step by StepIn this post, I’m sharing the exact plan I used to get a job in under 60 days after being laid off. No fluff. No panic applying. Just a clear, sustainable system that worked in one of the worst job markets we’ve seen in years. This approach works whether you’re…
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Continue reading →: Losing My Job Didn’t Break Me — It Helped Me Reclaim My LifeWhen I lost my job, I wasn’t scared. I was tired. Not surface-level tired, but the kind of exhaustion that settles deep into your bones—the kind that comes from giving everything you have to a company that never respected you in the first place. For three years, I poured myself…
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Continue reading →: Feeling Behind in Life: When Stability Feels Out of ReachI truly believed I’d be more stable by now. Not rich. Not living some fantasy life with yachts or private jets. Just steady, secure, and grounded. A life where things made sense and stayed in place for more than five minutes. The last two years, though, have humbled me in…
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Continue reading →: Why I Started Vlogging During UnemploymentI wanted to take some time to explain why I started vlogging/blogging during my period of unemployment—and to share my job search numbers from September so you can see what the process has really looked like so far. The Shame Around Unemployment—and Why It Doesn’t Belong to Us For many…
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Continue reading →: Intentional Living: Lessons from a Funeral Service“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” — Albert Pike I attended a funeral on Friday, and it left me with some powerful thoughts I felt compelled to share. The service was for a woman who was…
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Continue reading →: Breaking Stigmas: Vlogging My Job Search Journey“Unemployment happens to most people at some point. You are not alone.” Today, I want to get personal and share not just why I started vlogging my unemployment journey, but also what September looked like in real numbers. Job searching can feel like a rollercoaster, and being unemployed often comes…
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Continue reading →: The Thank You Letter That Gets You Called BackLet’s talk about one of the most underrated parts of the job search: the thank you letter. Most people treat it like floss at the end of dinner – beneficial, but optional. Wrong. It’s actually what keeps your name on the interviewer’s mind after the interview is over. Seriously, this…
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Continue reading →: Essential Tips for Organizing Your Herbal ApothecaryToday I’m giving you a peek at my apothecary setup. I know this is different from everything else I’ve posted so far, but I am not only unemployed. I have a lot of other things going on in my life. So, if you are interested, let’s get started. I recently…
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Continue reading →: How to Not Quit the Job HuntLet’s Be Real, Job Hunting Sucks Y’all, it’s time to be honest – job hunting is the worst. You send out a hundred perfectly customized resumes, and a recruiter ghosts you after three rounds of interviews. Fun times, right? But since curling up in bed and bingeing YouTube all day…
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