Consideration was received for the editing and publishing of this guest article. I dropped out of college when I became pregnant with my daughter. I don’t regret the decision, but choosing mommy as a career over finishing my degree meant my career ambitions got put on a pause. A lengthy pause. Instead of the fast-paced, jetsetting businesswoman life I planned for myself, I settled for easy to schedule part-time retail positions in the evenings to bring extra cashflow into the house. With my daughter heading to school full time this fall, my part-time job could become more full-time. However, the [...]

Should You Commute to College? When getting ready to head off to college, you have a lot of decisions to make. Where will you go to school? Do you know what your major will be? Will you live in a dorm, an apartment or with your parents? Trying to answer the last question can be difficult for some students, especially if they choose a school close to home. To help make the decision, consider the pros and cons of commuting to college versus living in a dorm. Benefits of commuting to college: Save money on room and board. When pricing [...]

  This Mother’s Day, MetLife has created a movement called #SocialBlackout aimed to get people off their devices and give mom’s what they want most on mother’s day, our time and undivided attention. Social media is a huge part of everyone’s lives these days, but for just one day, we are given the challenge of not checking our Facebook or Twitter or Google+ etc. accounts while we are spending the day with mom. Personally, I am not going to be able to see my mom this year but I am going to be at a BBQ with a friend and [...]

I participated in a campaign for Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Wet Ones. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating. As my older kids, ages 15 and 10, are just about a month away from finishing the school year, I think back to how the year went, As in, how many bugs did they bring home? This year, they didn’t bring home any, they caught colds from their grandpa who drives a school bus and I am pretty sure doesn’t disinfect the seats as much as the handle [...]