About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: jobs
Mar
02
2011
After A Morning of Job-Surfing
Dear Human Resources* People: I’d like to work for you, I would. But given that first impressions are everything, that first impression kinda cuts both ways — starting with your help-wanted ad. If you’re not getting the really awesome people applying for you, maybe you might want to make sure you’re not writing ads that [...]
Posted in Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), writing Also tagged help wanted, hiring, job seeking 12 Comments
I had an interesting Twitter debate this morning after someone spoke of a Starbucks kid who screwed his store over by twice not showing up as the “keyholder” to open the shop. The debate came from completely different perspectives — I’m getting on in my 30s, spent 15 years in retail, dreamed of a better day [...]
Posted in Being me, Best of Steff, Dimestore Philosophy, General, Journalling, keeping it real, Life 101, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, slow, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged angst, blame, blaming, careers, changing your life, failure, frustration, grief, learning about yourself, life, life choices, quitting your job, ratrace, reconciling your past, rut, should i quit, should you quit, solving your problems, stuck, success, trappings, trials, troubles, unhappiness, when to quit your job 4 Comments
Jan
08
2010
From There to Here
In 2007, I spent 7 months working for a toxic employer. By the time I left my job, I was close to the highest I’ve ever weighed, at my most negative and always whining, feeling sorry for myself, and feeling pretty hopeless about everything, especially about writing, which I’d been sucking at for nearly a [...]
Posted in Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, existentialism, Journalling, keeping it real, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, writing Also tagged assessing, attitude, being honest, changing your life, employment, happiness, making changes, perseverence, perspective, quitting your job, realism, unhappiness 2 Comments
Aug
04
2008
One of Those Dishwashing Epiphanies
So, there I am, washing up my kitchen, wishing I could have a barbecue later. My barbecue broke the other day. The valve thing just snapped right off. It confuses me. It looks like there should be a long pokey mount-thing but there’s nothing, so I wonder how it ever held together in the first [...]
Posted in General, Journalling, Specifically Steff Also tagged conflict, converation, money, scooters 3 Comments
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