Written by melanie.marconiFebruary 1, 2019 Big news, everybody! VIDA has finally found a home. Earlier this week, we signed a lease on an amazing space in Northeast Portland and we couldn’t be more excited. There’s still tons of work to be done to transform the space into the cheerful, welcoming, light-filled workspace we envision, but
Written by melanie.marconiFebruary 1, 2019 Big news, everybody! VIDA has finally found a home. Earlier this week, we signed a lease on an amazing space in Northeast Portland and we couldn’t be more excited. There’s still tons of work to be done to transform the space into the cheerful, welcoming, light-filled workspace we envision, but
Written by melanie.marconiJanuary 22, 2019 Every working parent knows that the right childcare arrangements are the bedrock of a functioning routine. Yet the realities of modern life (and the modern workplace) have made nailing down a solution more challenging than ever before. At VIDA, we’re hoping to give members a new option with a flexible,
Written by melanie.marconiJanuary 4, 2019 Earlier this week, I rearranged my office furniture. The changes weren’t major – no tools, paint, or shopping required. I just rotated my desk 90 degrees, moved my file cabinet from the right hand side to the left, and reshuffled the short deck of my three potted plant companions. The
Written by melanie.marconiDecember 19, 2018 *This post was originally published December 19, 2018. Tax laws, deadlines, and contribution limits change annually — the specific dates and figures below reflect rules in effect at that time. Always confirm current-year deadlines and limits with your accountant or the IRS before filing.* We all know the old proverb
Written by melanie.marconiDecember 14, 2018 Between shopping for gifts, making appearances at a dozen different social gatherings, and carving out the time to not just find those Christmas lights but remember how the heck you hung them last year, it’s a miracle any work gets done during the holiday season at all. It doesn’t have
Written by melanie.marconiNovember 14, 2018 It feels great to be good at something. Combine the one-two punch of personal satisfaction and the external validation of others, and it’s easy to see why we tend to stick to the things we do best, especially if that’s also how the mortgage gets paid. So what’s the point
Written by melanie.marconiNovember 7, 2018 This interview was originally published in 2018. You can find Emily’s current work here. Money and financial coach Emily Gowen’s mission is a personal one. After overcoming significant student and credit card debt in her late 20s, she started looking for professional advice on optimizing her new savings, only to
Written by melanie.marconiOctober 31, 2018 When your life involves a lot of hats, everyday life can start to resemble hat hair: Messy. More hours in the day could go a long way in smoothing out your metaphorical tresses, but tacking on an extra hour to every box on the calendar remains irritatingly outside the realities
Written by melanie.marconiOctober 31, 2018 Welcome to the first Vlog post of the Make Life/Work Blog! Rather than write a synopsis of three books that I read this month, I thought that instead I would share it with you via video. “As a single mom and a CEO of my own household and CEO of my