One Memorial Weekend about 10 years ago, I was in Charleston, South Carolina supporting a group of fellow alumni in their effort to host a networking social at a restaurant downtown. Not really there on vacation but not officially there for work, my thoughts were everywhere but on the holiday itself. The alumnus who volunteered… Read More In Memory of… Leadership Through Sacrifice
Goooooooooooooood wonderful Wednesday before a holiday weekend, everyone! It’s your girl, DJ Lady Luck, back on the wheels of steel to kick off the unofficial start to summer with a sweet bonus play for May! Bringing you a message of encouragement to power through this second quarter of 2017, I’ve selected this gem by Y’akoto,… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Y’akoto
Hellooooo, very recent graduates with your commencement photos still circulating through all your contacts and social media connections! Hellooooooo, young alumni with college degrees firmly in hand and busy schedules believed to be vital for establishing yourselves in workplaces around the world! And, hellooooooo, mid-career or seasoned professionals looking to make your next career move or possibly… Read More Lucy’s Help Desk: 5 Steps for Conducting a Meaningful Job, Career, or “Happy Place” Search
Good Sunday, everyone! Today’s post is a meditation on mothers/mother-like figures and their love, sacrifices, hopes, and continual support for those children/child-like figures in their lives. *** As I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown to see my mother less as a parent and more as a person. Not that I no longer respect her… Read More A Moment to Meditate: On a Mother’s Love, Sacrifices, Hopes, and Continual Support
What’s up, what’s up, what’s up my good people of the world! It’s your lady DJ on the master keyboard, my “wheels of steel,” bringing you another eclectic sound for your ears… and a concert heads’ up for you to fill any free time you have to travel in a couple of weeks (especially my NC peeps)! Like… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… The Nile Project
Being an avid reader and collector of knickknacks since I was a kid, the room I loved second-most to my bedroom in our house was the “front” room with the built-in bookshelves. Growing up in the countryside of eastern North Carolina, I couldn’t easily walk to my town’s library. So, to me, that room served as mine… Read More Ms. Lu’s Library – Book of the Month: The Alchemist
Step right up, step right up… The “doctor” is in. Welcome to the debut of Lucy’s Help Desk, a new writing concept I’ve created for my blog, where on any given Thursday I come to you with unsolicited (or, solicited) advice and philosophical ideas. And, as you may have guessed, the theme of this scheduled series is based loosely on one of… Read More Lucy’s Help Desk: (How to) Create an Experiential Life
Happy Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), everyone! Let the “Year of the Rooster” begin. As you know, a new year is often viewed as a fresh start – a time to make resolutions, clean house, set goals, reestablish ties or reconcile with others, and basically give yourself a renewed vision of what you want the future to hold… Read More Continuing a Work, Already In Progress
On this holiday last year, I participated in a community service project as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service celebration on campus. I vividly remember the frigid temperatures in Asheville that day and how, no matter the layers I wore, I still felt numbness in my feet and hands after a morning of working outside… Read More Leading Boldly, with a Servant’s Heart
*Warning: This is one of my classic “lengthy” posts, something I intend to curtail with the use of an updated blog schedule and writing outline in 2017. But for today, it is what it is – because we are still in 2016. So, please choose to read this how and when you want. I suggest doing so while sitting… Read More 2016: A Year of Struggling for Hope, Letting Go, and Praying for Time
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