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When Was the Last Time You Did It?

April 5, 2010

Cooking I mean. If you watch television, you’d think we’re all obsessed. Everything from the entire Food Network, down to the Top Chefs and Hell’s Kitchens among us, it’s all right there. We think that we can don the white coat and give ourselves three Michelin stars. When was the last time you actually cooked? [...]

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Don’t Even Talk to Me about the Trophy

March 23, 2010

I was a ballerina growing up. Sure, I played a number of other sports, but anywhere from 4-16 hours a week was spent in a dance studio. I was never in a location long enough to compete, so the “competition” moments for me would be at the annual dance recital. I’d be a part of [...]

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Get Perspective

December 1, 2009

Today, I am taking ownership. I started emilyjasper.com. I am fully committing to my writing. To give you a little perspective, I have been told that I am afraid of commitment. I developed my own rotational program at work, I move whenever I get the itch, and I thrive on change. To some, not taking [...]

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How do you feel about all this right now?

September 15, 2009

How do you feel about all this right now? I feel like I keep coming back to this question. I never know what the answer is off the top of my head, which means I have to pull a Rodin and think on it for a bit. This may only apply to me right now, [...]

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Table For One

March 11, 2009

Being a single Gen-Yer with no concept of work/life balance, I go out to eat alone pretty often. It wasn’t until I started traveling for work a few years ago that I first battled that awkward “table for one” feeling. I had issues because I didn’t know how to act when I was seated by [...]

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Crime and Punishment Between the Generations

February 9, 2009

It has been a couple of months since an incident I experienced in the workplace, and I feel that it’s been long enough that I can finally write about it. This incident, in the grand scheme of things, might not seem like much when I reflect on it in 30 years, but I can honestly [...]

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Bad Habits of a Gen-Yer: Loving Holidays

February 4, 2009

This might not actually sound like that big of a deal. Lots of people like holidays. Lots of people hate them, too. The funny thing about loving holidays is that it could be considered immature to get excited about Valentine’s candy or dressing up for Halloween. In addition to a turning your office into an [...]

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Bad Habits of a Gen Y-er: Asking Why

January 26, 2009

Asking Why. Anyone who has kids, knows kids, or has watched TV about kids, knows what I’m talking about. I am like that four-year-old who doesn’t stop asking “Why?” It’s not that I want to be annoying, and I usually do cut myself off after the second Why. I also went to a pretty prestigious [...]

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Bad Habits of a Gen Y-er: Working Too Much

January 22, 2009

Not that I’m obsessed with posting in a series, but I kind of liked the idea of linking my posts. While my stereotype assumes that I think I’m perfect, I know in fact that there might be a couple of bad habits I have that could be attributed to my age. So here is the [...]

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