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
Written by melanie.marconiOctober 17, 2018 This interview was originally published in 2018. You can find Jen’s current work on LinkedIn. Jen Luecht is the co-founder of Narrative Northwest, a boutique communications agency based in Portland, Oregon. After working in traditional agencies, she decided to take the plunge and launch a new kind of agency with
Written by melanie.marconiOctober 4, 2018 VIDA founder Melanie Marconi learned about the power of community early in her career. “When I started my first business at 23, I had no idea what I was doing,” she laughs. “But I was lucky enough to launch with two other amazing people, and together, we figured it out.”