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Adulting Layoff Mrs Enginerd

Thirteen Reasons Why Not

Statistically speaking at least 80% of people surveyed have thought about suicide in any way, shape or form. It doesn’t mean they wanted to kill themselves and had the resolve to try, it just implies that during the most desperate times of our lives many of us have thought of how it would feel like […]

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Adulting Mrs Enginerd

The Unfulfillment of Potential

When I turned thirty everything was flying smoothly. The career was taking off. I had just gotten married. Then a miscarriage, my husband’s drinking and layoff sent everything spiraling into a nose dive. We are still recovering from the stall. The promise of a bright future was clouded by a series of unfortunate events that […]

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Adulting Mrs Enginerd

Skipping Meat Challenge: Week One Summary

Trying to stop eating meat cold turkey is not too difficult if you like veggies and legumes like me but I do forget from time to time that I can’t have charcuterie or salami. Hehe. Seeing others near meat while I am around hasn’t given me any cravings. In a way it is true what […]

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Work-Life-Study Balance Tips

When I was a teenager, my mom, a military officer, went back to school to pursue a Marketing MBA. The cohort courses took place on Friday evenings and all day Saturday because they were tailored for working professionals which unfortunately cut into our family time. To mitigate, my mom would take us with her to class. […]

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Mrs Enginerd Poetry

Life’s a Journey

There was a road less traveled, A winding, unkempt, delapidated trail With lots of promise and road blocks. It wouldn’t be easy to travel it but it was worth the journey. I dared to dream, to hope and breathe Taking the road less traveled would challenge and excite me. However tough the going got, I […]

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Hate or Misguided Conviction?

About a decade ago a new coloquilism emerged: “Haters gonna hate”. These haters are pretty much the people who will bash someone else’s ideas and actions out of envy, spite and to ridicule. If you don’t have haters these days you have not arrived. For some folks it is a jovial way to address differences of […]

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Adulting Comic Books and Super Heroes Mrs Enginerd Nerd Stuff

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Spiderman’s loving uncle has been quoted and paraphrased many times when addressing the responsibility of being accountable for your actions. The message is very clear: One must be bold and daring, just and strong, when granted the ability to effect and affect change. What good is it that we can fly, regenerate, or even see […]

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Adulting Love and Marriage Mrs Enginerd

Responsibility v Love, Part 2

The original Responsibility v Love post got so much traction that I decided to write a follow-up piece. Disclaimer: Unless you have children, wards, a sick family member that you are taking care of or an agreement to make decisions on behalf of someone important and valuable to you, you are not responsible for those […]

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Château Enginerd Mrs Enginerd

What I Have Learned About Dealing With “Handy” Men

These last couple of weeks I’ve had to contract out many services to get both the sold and new houses ready to move in. From a new roof on the old Maison to the alarm system and cable wiring connections, I’ve been waiting for guys to show up and do something. The process has been […]

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16 Good Things About 2016

Granted 2016 sucked in many ways but there are a few good things worth celebrating that happened this year: 1. Weddings 2. Anniversaries 3. Baby announcements 4. Engagements 5. Graduations 6. Cancer remissions 7. Rogue One 8. Chris Pratt’s nude scene in Passengers 9. Wonder Woman turned 75 10. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find […]