Friday Wrap-up: The OMG it’s Valentine’s Day Already Edition

Good morning! I hope you all are staying warm and dry wherever you may be today. As usual here’s my list of links you may have missed this week.

Self Qualified and Degreeless: How to sneak in the back door of your career – The title says it all. It’s not easy but it’s definitely possible to blaze your own trail.

How Do you Want to Lead Your Life – Are you following someone else’s definition of leadership? Good article on defining what leadership means to you

12 Classic Zen Habits Post You May Have Missed – One of my favorite bloggers revisits some of his favorite blog posts.

How To Write A Cover Letter So It Actually Gets Read – I’ll admit. I’m really bad at writing cover letters. My sophmore year of college I only applied to internships that didn’t require me to send in a cover letter. This article helped me a lot and also made me cringe at all the mistakes I’ve made in the past! (Ahhh…that’s why I didn’t get that job!)

Heart is Hot – This could be a very sweet Valentine’s day (or sweet any day gift). You buy a heart, register the serial number online, tell your story pass it on to someone else. They log on tell their giving/receiving story and the love is continuously passed on.

How to Have Better Dinner Conversations – Don’t be a wallflower at your next dinner party. Great tips to becoming a stunning conversationalist

Did you read anything this week worth sharing? Send it my way!

Have a beautiful Valentine’s Day weekend and a great President’s Day! And Happy Family Day for my Canadian readers.

Until Next Time,

Nailah

Friday Wrap-up

Happy Friday! Here’s a wrap-up of some interesting blogs and articles I’ve read from this past week.

How Not To Hurry – Insightful post on the power of slowing down on Zen Habits

Under $100 Bookends – Design Sponge’s comprehensive list of snazzy and inexpensive bookends

Celebrate Present Day – Could you imagine turning shutting down your computer, powering down your iphone and not checking email for a day? The Storque has a great post about shutting down and being present for a day.

5 Questions with Cindy Gallop – So this isn’t a post from this week but I was so intrigued by Cindy Gallop and how positively awesome she is that I had to share this with you.

DIY Winter Beauty Tips That Save – I don’t know about you but my skin has been super dry lately  due to the harsh winter air. Here are some money saving tips from the Organic Beauty Expert so you can look as fabulous on the outside as you feel on the inside

Have you read anything this week that you absolutely must share? Do let me know!

Have a beautiful weekend!

Nailah