Mary’s musings

Today’s post is a true story about my negotiation for a raise…and the ripple effect from that request. I’m hopeful it will help those of you who might struggle to stand up and say “I’m worth more than that!”. The abridged backstory is I accepted a position with a lower title than I thought acknowledged …

As is the M.O. for most of my posts, I had an idea pop in my head and I’m running with it. I know this topic is the right one because I was on a call yesterday and my client said almost verbatim what I was writing about. Today’s post was initially bubbling with my …

Music is such an influence on my life – whether I’m listening from my seat in the theater, listening (and likely singing) in my car, singing on stage or singing in the choir, music has a way of speaking to me (and I hope through me to others). I’ve even been known to sing while …

One of the blessings and curses of living by yourself is there is a great deal of time for self-reflection…and for stupid games on your iPad. Both activities are by choice, so I do get pretty mad at myself when I find myself doing either for long stretches of time. Self-reflection in and of itself …