Beginning the year 2021, I had scattered along with 8000 other employees in my company and landed myself in a remote mountain cabin high in the Sequoia National Forest. My choice for the next chapter of remote work was a dream come true. …

Capture the Flag, Tag, Dodgeball, Foursquare… and the dreaded Tetherball.

Chasing happiness can be as elusive as trying to catch a balloon. It’s there and it's visible, but you are not always able to grasp it.

Selling is challenging and has its own unique pockets of pain. None are as frightful though as the gripping fear and desperation of a sales fog. That is how I refer to it. It can roll in like a thick fog and once it settles upon you, it is difficult…

I was laid off today, and I did not see it coming. I was the top salesperson on my team for 2 years in a row, exceeding the targets laid out in the “Corporate Sales Plan” for both pipeline and bookings. …

Raccoons are problem solvers. I found this out recently in a battle over cat food left outside in a sealed container. As my visiting raccoons continued to open the container, escalated attempts by me to prevent their access embarrassingly failed. …

“I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold” This is the first line of dialog spoken by Mando, the name given to the Mandalorian bounty hunter character and star of the Disney + original series. I am obsessed with this character and after watching 16…

BY MARY SLAGLE / DECEMBER 1, 2020 slagle-marysue.medium.com @slagle-marysue Four days before Thanksgiving I was diagnosed with COVID19. I had to get tested when I found out from a neighbor that I had been exposed. Concerns that I would catch it had been on my mind since March, and I had been…

Raccoons are problem solvers. I found this out recently in a battle over cat food I had left outside in a sealed container. As my visiting raccoons continued to open the container, escalated attempts by me to prevent their access embarrassingly failed. …