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– Pinterest pick of the week: Snapguide's guide to how to hang your sweaters.
– SheFinds seeks a great trench for spring.
– On the hunt for a great white t-shirt? Grechen's Closet and Ain't No Mom Jeans both just did roundups.
– The New York Times has an interesting article about something we've talked about before on here: tattoos in the workplace.
– According to Business Insider, the most important life lesson that older people say you need to know is a career one: Do not stay in a job you dislike.
– Spring cleaning? POPSUGAR Smart Living lists 116 things to throw away.
– Mashable had a story a while ago about a new app (now renamed Simple Wash) that helps you clean up your social networking profiles — great if you've recently friended your boss or your mother in law.
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I’m so glad I checked out that guide on how to hang my sweaters! Do you guys know of any good step-by-step guides for tying shoes and putting on pants?
As you wish: http://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes.html
But note, for running a slightly different approach is recommended: http://www.runnersworld.com/running-shoes/fit-be-tied
aren’t you a joy. I hadn’t thought of that trick, which seems useful if you have lots more rod space than drawer space.
Do people really do that sweater thing, and is it necessary? I haven’t noticed a problem with stretching or anything from hanging my sweater regularly. Or am I just walking around with hideous shoulder bumps I’m completely oblivious to?
I think it depends on the sweater. I can hang lightweight cardigans with no problems on slightly grippy hangers. But heavier knits tend to get shoulder bumps because there’s more weight pulling against the hanger. I keep those folded in a drawer but will have to try this method out.
I recently start doing it and I love it. I never put them on hangers because of the bumps, but I folded. This really helps with my more wrinkle-happy sweater/cardigans.
TJ: I know this will be very different depending on the workplace/area, but what is appropriate to give for admin professional day? I think last year I pooled with other attorneys I share my assistant with and we each gave $25 towards a gift card and some candy. Not sure if that’s normal or incredibly cheap.
Google this site’s post from 04/19/2011. There was a poll and a comments discussion. Hope that helps!
Thanks!
I’ve seen: nothing; cake for everyone; flowers; and gift card $20-100.
We do a combined card with cash (comes out to about 100 per secretary) and take them out to lunch as a group.
King Kong never hang knitwear.
Gravity make knitwear stretch.
You like re-block sweater that 40 stories tall?
King Kong not like.
“You like re-block sweater that 40 stories tall?”
Heh. Awesome visual.
All kidding aside, I have to agree with King Kong. I fold all my sweaters. I’ve invested enough funds in sweaters that I want them to last a long time.
Um, why is the PopSugar article recommending you throw out change as one of the top ten things to trash? That’s just bizarre.
Um, reading comprehension?
It specifically says : “And by throwing away, I mean recycling, selling, donating, or — as the last resort — trashing.”
I’m surprised by the sarcastic responses to hanging sweaters. I stumbled upon that “tutorial” a while ago and am happy I did. Hanging my sweaters normally caused the shoulders to be stretched out. Yes if I had big foamy hangers that took up too much space, that wouldn’t happen, but I’m not buying more hangers. Because I live in the midwest and I’m cold all the time I have several sweaters that would never fit anywhere if they were all folded. I’ve been hanging them as shown in the tutorial and it’s been such a help. They don’t stretch out ever. I’m happy I found it and it’s helped me organize my wardrobe.
Ps I prefer triangular hangers that have a rod at the bottom to the one in the picture. You can tuck the torso or sleeves of your sweater under it and it further prevents the sweater from slipping off.
I wasn’t being sarcastic, I was legitimately curious as I’ve never noticed (either on myself or anyone else) that a sweater has bumps or looks stretched out and never thought about it. I hang my “nicer” sweaters and fold the more casual ones and store on my closet top shelf. It never occurred to me that I should be doing it the other way around. But my sweaters are mostly fairly light weight. I pretty much hang everything except my PJs, t-shirts, gym tops/sports bras, and unmentionables. I have a lot more closet space than drawer space.
Well that was more directed at the shoe tying/putting on pants.
Cool story! Tell it again.
I had the same thought. But I’m also getting ready to deposit $86 from our change jar into the bank so I think better advice would’ve been to put it in a jar and once the jar gets full, take it to the bank.
We use our change to pay for cleft pallet surgery through the smile train. It was a way to get our son excited about saving the change and donating.
Y’all are better people than me; I take my change jar to a coinstar once a year or so and put it on a Starbucks card. I think of it as guilt-free fancy coffee drinks. I should consider charitable donation instead though.
As an older lawyer I agree that it is critical that you love your job – but that includes work environment. I loved beyond measure being a litigator and I represented real people with cases that matter, where the outcome would/could literally be a matter of life and death. I felt my work was meaningful and I was really good at it. **blush**
However, for the last decade I dreaded getting up and going to work. It was an act of character just to get out of bed. I continued on because I loved the work, and because I was well-paid, and I had a mortgage to pay. But it was a mistake. By the time I quit, I was a wreck: couldn’t sleep, anxious, depressed, anxiety attacks, and a lot of physical illnesses and surgery. I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of quitting. I’ve spent that year in therapy, sleeping late, reading, and writing, and recovering physically and mentally. And wishing I had changed jobs a decade ago when I already knew the office environment was intolerable.
In my case, staff turnover brought in some relentlessly snarky and mean-spirited people. Based on the new, unpleasant environment three of our paralegals and investigators quit. Two lawyers quit. Our office changed from a warm and pleasant place to work, to a fear-inspired place where small people somehow gained power. There was a huge amount of jealousy, and endless gossip. I took the high road and wish I hadn’t. I didn’t want to be like them. In the end, however, I got sick and quit, and they prevailed. Wish NGDGTCO had been written a generation earlier.
So, ladies, I encourage you to do what I say — leave your job when you hate it –, and not what I did — stay in an intolerable situation. That’s my hard-learned life lesson I pass on to y’all. Take care and be well.
Agreeing with everyone who says don’t hang sweaters! A very light sweater will be fine, as it doesn’t have enough weight to pull itself out of shape – but anything made of cotton – into a drawer with you!
(I have my sweaters in an underbed box)
Kat! Thanks for the shout-out! Much appreciated!
Now dont fear iff this can be from your attain also. Healthy and tasty drinks like these are especially refreshing in thhe summer but hey you can certaimly enjoy them all year long.
Another strategy is aoteration of weight loss plan and consumption of sure distinct meals
and drinks.