Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Category: Odds & Ends
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End of Year Reflection
As a poet once said, I don’t navigate myself; who navigates me is the sea
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A Life in Notebooks
How a lifelong love of pen and paper evolved into a work ritual
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Five Days of Camping and Disconnect
From overwhelming prep to nature loving – camping in Point Farms
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I Worked in a Call Center. Here’s Why They’re Built to Fail You.
Here’s some reminiscing about times past while I wait on the phone for a Rogers’ agent…
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Back to the Newsroom I go
How life took me full circle and ended up connecting my first and second careers after I lost my job
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The Life-Saving Art of Personal Finance
Having an Emergency Fund set up made the difference when everything fell apart
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My Hiatus to Experience Double Grief
Yet another one of those special curve balls that my life has thrown at me
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On Blogging and Online Communities
Reflections (or rants) on how to blog in the content-is-money era
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