On working from home (and 5 tips to increase productivity)
As part of a trial program at my office, I recently started working from home on Mondays and Wednesdays. My initial reaction--like most people who sit in an office cube all day with minimal access to sunlight--was to squeal with joy. Family and friends who I told about this new development in my life were jealous and told me that my median daily happiness level would skyrocket. But I knew the higher-ups at my company were not allowing me to work from home for the sheer pleasu
On getting a promotion (and finally realizing a career)
When I started working as a medical writer in 2011, I had basic-to-minimal knowledge of cardiology. I had been employed previously in the grants department of another health nonprofit and a plethora of internship experience I had worked hard to achieve throughout college, but no concrete direction with regard to where I wanted to go. Writing was high on the priority list and so was science, but I had only the slightest idea that I could ever combine the two into a full-time g