Tag: washington dc

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  December 29, 2021

  2021: Just Go

  Starting January 8th, 2021, I had no visa… no home… only a destination: my friend Elise’s wedding. I sat with my luggage and backpack in a silent Sydney airport terminal. No bustle of tourists, no last minute souvenir shopping, just people quietly sitting waiting for their planes. Was I crazy to decide to spend the…

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  April 22, 2015

  “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Confucius

  In 8 days I am heading to Iceland! It sounds crazy to me to think it. Each time I tell someone they ask how far of a flight it is. I respond saying it is really only 5 hours. Most people look back at me stunned trying to remember where Iceland is. The rest of the…

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  November 30, 2012

  Take the Risk

  Yesterday, LivingSocial laid off 400 people and I was one of them. Now Thursday was hard but I am not here to bash them. I am here to tell everyone how when you work for a start up company you take a risk on them as much as they take a risk on you. When…
• August 17, 2011

  livingsocial… quite literally

  “LivingSocial, this is Angela”; I put on my best professional voice as I answer the phone. For the last 2 months I have been working as Event and Travel Coordinator at LivingSocial. My department, just 3 people including myself, books and handles the internal event planning and travel for the entire company. Manager meetings, sales…