Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
Fall and Family
The fall is such a great time. I always loved how the leaves change colors and how the weather gets cooler.
Navigating a Career During Change: Teaching
The military makes it a little challenging to maintain a professional career while transitioning from duty station to duty station. Due to frequent change, military spouses often have to search for a new job in every location. If your profession requires a license, like teaching, you are required to relicense in a new state, which costs a military spouse job seeker time and money. This process is hard on military families because paying for more education or testing to obtain the new license comes on top of the cost of moving and setting up a household. In addition, the family has also lost a second income. The length of time the family will remain in the location, the state’s requirements, and the cost, all factor into whether the military spouse will seek the new license and look for employment.
A Year of Thanks: January
I told you in December that I am going to write down every day something for which I am thankful. What I found interesting about this project so far is that there are many things I appreciate. I’m not sure if it’s sinking into my kid’s brain, but hey, I tried!
Retirement: Location, Location, Location
In my first blog post about retirement that was posted back in September, I talked about the priority pyramid. This is one of the ways to visualize your priorities, in which you choose four main priorities (I arbitrarily chose location, school/career, family, and income as my headings; feel free to change those up) that you want to consider for goal planning, and stack them in order of which is most important to you.
Finding Your Family History
Last year I spent quite a bit of time doing research for my family tree. In my blog The Army and Culture, I talked a bit about my family heritage and background. Perhaps some of you are wondering how you can find out more about your own family background and history and aren’t quite sure where to start.
Is It Selfishness or Simply Smart? Something For Yourself
Years ago, Cheryl Richardson, a life coach and author of Take Time for Your Life and many other books, was booed by the audience of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Why? Because she suggested that mothers need to take time for themselves.
My co-author, Holly Scherer, and I used to get a similar reaction to our first book title, Help! I’m a Military Spouse—I Get a Life Too! People would say, “That’s selfish.”
By whose definition? Research on happiness in life indicates that one of the keys to happiness is to know what you want in life and to work toward that goal. That includes doing activities you enjoy for work and for play.
How to Choose an Online Training Program
Online education is here to stay. It’s a great option whether you’re looking for something that lets you go back to school while juggling a family or work schedule, you just don’t want to deal with the hassle of transferring if you move, or you want to be able to learn at the pace that works best for you. Even long-established colleges and universities now have online programs—but with all the online training options, how do you choose? What are the signs that a program will be worth your time and money.
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