From broke biologist to successful scientist
How secure do you think your job is? Are you sure? What would you do if you went in to work one day and found out you’re out of a job by next week? That actually happened to me last week. I lost my job! After struggling to find good employment for nearly two…
Have you ever thought back on some of the hare-brained money-making ideas you had as a kid? Did you ever sit in the sun on a hot day, staring at strangers and hoping they’d buy your reconstituted lemonade? Or woefully wander the neighborhood, offering to rake leaves? Whatever happened to those jobs? What did…
Loud rooms packed with strange people chatting away in small circles are normally the stuff of nightmares for me. I once nearly passed out in front of my 8th grade English class because the teacher wanted me to recite a poem about flirting in front of twenty other students (four of whom I had…
In my last post, I talked about one of my most embarrassing money decisions: using my student loan money from my undergrad degree for some not-so-scholarly purchases. I’m a bit in need of some redemption. I’ve already eaten too many pity-party tacos, so it’s time to focus on a good financial move. They’re few…
I’ve never really been a brave person. Once, I was given the task of reciting a poem about flirting in front of my high school English class (consisting of several of my crushes). Rather than buck up and do it, I pretended to be sick for an entire week of school. Just to be…
