When I first started GenPink my first goal for myself was to find some fellow twenty something, non-mommy, female bloggers. The first person I found that fit this description was Zandria. I found her blog via BlogHer. I was immediately intrigued by her 101 Things in 1001 Days List (I still plan on doing this). [...]
3 Comments. Continue Reading...bal·ance –noun 1. a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc. 2. the power or ability to decide an outcome by throwing one’s strength, influence, support, or the like, to one side or the other. First I will start with saying I’ve had fun picking each letter for my ABCs project, [...]
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On this day for celebrating love, this piece of advice written by my lovely friend (and college roommate) Olivia is perfect: * * * * if you’re anything like me, you’ve had your fair share of unhealthy relationships. the thing is, that’s okay, as long as you pay attention to what it is you are [...]
9 Comments. Continue Reading...For today’s twenty something advice series I figured I’d point you in the direction of the experts. I am doing this for 2 reasons: #1 though it’s always great to give fellow twenty somethings advice sometimes it’s nice to hear from someone who has already experienced this stage in life and #2 my to do [...]
4 Comments. Continue Reading...Thursday marks the continuation of the guest post series on Twenty Something Advice. Today’s guest post is written by Blonde Features, a 23 year old just trying to figure out life. She says she is "trying not to lose my tan, the beach, and my blonde hair in Washington." Love in your 20′s can be [...]
5 Comments. Continue Reading...Yesterday I was honored to be mentioned in a article written by the one and only Penelope Trunk. *insert pause here for you to go read the article … yes you I’m still waiting, go read it and come back!* For those of you who don’t know who Penelope is, here is a snippet of [...]
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A goal without a plan is just a wish. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Most twenty somethings I know would consider their twenties to be a stepping stone in their life on the path to bigger and better things. Gen Yers in particular are known for being big dreamers. For me, having a goal and having [...]
14 Comments. Continue Reading...Thursdays are Twenty Something Advice at GenPink. Today’s guest post is written by Lara. Lara blogs at Life: The Ongoing Education. Like many others of my generation, I spent a great deal of my twenties (thus far) in committed relationships. One in particular. This meant I spent the vast majority of my time with one [...]
18 Comments. Continue Reading...Today is Thursday which means the continuation of our Twenty Something Advice series. My goal with this advice series is to cover many different topics. After doing my regular blog hopping I wound up at Courtney’s blog with the tagline “Happenings and musical thoughts direct from the river of dreams.” Her passion about music quickly [...]
11 Comments. Continue Reading...Thursday is twenty something advice day here on GenPink. Today’s guest post is written by my friend Kaity who works in Advertising in Boston. So … the 2008 Presidential Election is coming up and I am what you would call politically inept. To be honest, I just don’t have time – scratch that – I [...]
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I did some stumbling through my incoming links and found out that today is "The Great Mofo Delurk" day. Say hello! Share who you are! Put an end to your m*th*rf*ck*ng lurking and leave a comment! Meaning – time for all of you non-commenting readers to share something with us. If you want to read [...]
11 Comments. Continue Reading...Last Thursday was the start of a new series about life as a twenty something. If you haven’t read last weeks Twenty Something Advice: Don’t plan your life based on what other people expect I’d recommend it. The initial idea was to have a series of advice about life in your twenties from fellow twenty [...]
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Photo Credit: elle_rigby This article needs no introduction, if you are living paycheck to paycheck or poo-check to poo-check (as in poor) this is a must read – Getting "Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck". I know that GenPink readers are all independantly wealthy but you probably have some friends who could use some advice ;-) Author: [...]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...I decided to start a new series called Twenty Something Advice. To start off this series I sent this message to my real life friends – you know the people I have meet face to face. [rambling introduction to my blog since my friends don't really read it ...] My ultimate goal for such blog [...]
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Photo Credit: lynnmwillis I have been doing a lot of thinking and discussing our generation’s desire for a work/life balance. I am on a constant search for the right balance of business and personal life. In this moment I have decided maybe it isn’t balance we should be working to achieve. I think we need [...]
5 Comments. Continue Reading...I wanted to point out the little Twenty Something blogger badge in my sidebar and tell you a little bit about it. A few weeks ago Lisa had the brilliant idea to create a network of Twenty Something Bloggers. As of right now we have 23 bloggers in our 20something blog ring. We were looking [...]
22 Comments. Continue Reading..."They wear flip-flops to work, reveal personal information online, and see no reason why their work schedules can’t be flexible. Ladies and gents, please welcome Generation Y now tap dancing around their boomer managers in the workplace." This quote is from The Boston Globe. Something ironic that I find is directly next to this quote [...]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...When does Gen X end and Gen Y begin? There was a comment on a blog I was reading yesterday (sorry forgot which blog) asking what is the dividing time between Gen X and Gen Y. I thought this was a great questions. I always thought I was Gen X until recently then I started [...]
148 Comments. Continue Reading...When I first started GenPink I had very clear plans in mind.
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