Monthly Archive for: ‘September, 2011’

• Complaining About Your Job? Just Quit.

  Or you can watch this video for a little motivation:

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  Journey to Motherhood: I’m Ready!

  Last week I was talking to my mom about my latest visit to my GYN, the cost of IVF and other maternity health related banter. I’ve blogged about both of our families asking intrusive questions and seemingly never really understanding that this is something we [...]

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  Planning For Baby? Check Your Health Insurance First!

  Over the last year, we’ve been doing research on health insurance and whether we would be able to find fertility coverage through a group plan.  Unfortunately, this has not panned out in our favor as neither mine nor my husband’s job provide this type of [...]

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  Salary Negotiation: Your Personal Needs Are Not Your Employer’s Concerns

  In today’s economy, we’re tempted to build our expected salary based upon our own needs, wants, bills, expenses and then sometimes based on our skills and experience.  However, the reality is that your personal lifestyle choices and needs are not at the responsibility of your [...]

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  The Case For Women Making Their Own Money: Married or Single

  One of the things that always strikes me over the course of my discussions with women is how comfortable some women are with leaving the work force voluntarily which some of us know as off-ramping.  …“Off-ramping” is when someone decides to take a ”time-out” from work, often for the [...]

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