Posted On: October 16, 2012
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Oh geez. This year’s career-break summit, Meet, Plan, Go! is just a few short hours away. As the MSP resident expert on prepping, I better start…prepping!
I think I’ll start by making an acrostic with…
Posted On: September 18, 2012
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In less than a month, the nationwide career break meetup called Meet, Plan, Go! will take place—for the third year in a row. If you have ever—EVER!—pondered the wild and radiant notion of taking a…
Posted On: September 9, 2012
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Happiness gets a lot of attention. In fact, Americans seem obsessed with it (or the pursuit of it). This closet curmudgeon sometimes gets crabby about this simplistic word—and wonders if we ought not to increase…
Posted On: April 9, 2012
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Dan Buettner, a local boy done real good, is changing the way the world feels about being blue. His original Blue Zones book and the latest Thrive are selling by the boatload—with evergreen promises like…
Posted On: March 24, 2012
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Lots of people dream of taking a career break, and then there’s Alexis Grant. She wrote the book on the idea—literally. Some might question her sourcing, though, since the first quote (among many) comes from…
Posted On: February 9, 2012
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Super Bowls, elections, Afghanistan. It’s all Greek to me—compared to the excitement of finding out who’s making news because they’re stepping out on Sabbatical. The inspirations range wildly. But no matter why, we wish all…
Posted On: October 31, 2011
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Friend of a friend. That’s how I met Wendy Swart Grossman, today’s guest blogger.
Face to face. That’s how we will soon meet, instead of screen to screen.
St. Olaf College. That’s where we both…
Posted On: October 21, 2011
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For the second year in a row, travel-lovers convened in 17 cities to confab about career breaks at MeetPlanGo. In MSP, I was annointed chief host and bartop-washer, and was again humbled by our attentive…
Posted On: October 14, 2011
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When Julie DuRose speaks at our panel of five at Meet, Plan, Go MSP next Tuesday (10-18-11), you can expect stories of escaping academia, exotic foods, and solo travel. As a women. In outlandish lands. …
Posted On: October 10, 2011
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On October 18, career-break dreamers and veterans alike will gather simultaneously in 17 cities nationwide for the 2nd annual Meet,Plan,Go!
In each location, a savvy panel will provide the punch, while a local host will…
