My 2025 Recap
Yo. Here’s my 2025 recap! What I Read What I Learned What I Tried What I Failed At Things to Continue and Things to Try Here’s to a transformative 2026!
A Side of Yamz
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The Employee Lifecycle (and why tf it matters)
The Employee Lifecycle is a model that describes the entire journey of an employee at a company or organization, from their initial awareness of the company to their eventual departure from that company. Several versions of the model exist; I prefer the simplicity of the four-phase models. The above sketch is my version of a…
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AuDHD at Work: How I Deal with Toxic Coworkers
Thoughts on having strong pattern recognition and an immense amount of justice sensitivity while working with toxic coworkers, and how those impacted by toxicity can try to break the cycle.
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Artistic Recovery: Art Club Prompts 6 and 26
Completing art prompts as part of artistic creative recovery.
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Managing Through Autistic Burnout: Leaning on Ethics
Thoughts on being AuDHD at work, and governments using ethical design to improve services.
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Sugar, ahh, Honey, Honey
Have you seen the movie Fed Up yet? After watching it last year, I started paying attention to how much added sugars were in the foods that I eat. Last month, I tracked the amount of added and artificial sugar* I consumed during an average workweek (Monday – Friday) and counted the added sugar in things like: Jams…
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Quality Check: One, Two… What is this?
I’m pretty good at finding grammatical errors. I’m not, like, a TOTAL Grammar Nazi. I don’t get hung up on syntax, semantics, fragmented sentences, fused sentences, dangling modifiers, or (most) comma errors. But spelling errors, incorrect capitalization/failure to capitalize, omitted words, or wrong words (e.g., affect vs. effect) – those really irk me. Lately, the…
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Icons Help Win Website Award
Remember the Iconathon event I talked about a while back? The final icon set, developed from the symbols created during the workshop, can be seen in the image above. Many of the icons from this set were used in the new Health Care Policy and Financing website. I was part of the design team that…
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DIY Dog Toy
Here’s a dog toy I put together today based on this post I found on Pinterest. Easy-peasy way to use up fabric scraps… and Worf loves it! Got any DIY dog toy ideas? How are you using old fabric scraps? Let me know in the comments below! :-)
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Recipe Hack: Frozen Yogurt-Covered Fruit Kabobs
At our house, we’re trying to substitute guilty snacks with healthier options, so last night I tried a variation on the following recipe (found via Pinterest): http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/04/frozen-yogurt-covered-blueberry-kabobs.html#more-1852 Here are the ingredients I used: Frozen mixed berries (I used just the blueberries and attempted to use the raspberries and blackberries* but only managed to get 1…
