A performance review survival guide for all seasons

Self-reflecting on self-reflections

Jan 13 • Karen Doak

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What’s a Do-er to do?

When the stakes are higher than being trapped at the Springfield Mall in 1998

Jan 6 • Karen Doak

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December 2025

Repeat problems

A field guide to Energy Vampires

Dec 30, 2025 • Karen Doak

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The trade-offs of a teenage Christmas

What I’m missing, what I’m grateful I skipped, and what I’m building instead

Dec 9, 2025 • Karen Doak

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Should she move cities for her long-distance boyfriend?

How to decide when moving for someone is worth it

Dec 4, 2025 • Karen Doak

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Betrayed by my husband at Christmas

Sometimes you don’t want to know how the Hot Dog (Surprise) gets made

Dec 2, 2025 • Karen Doak

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November 2025

The vasectomy in the room

A 29-year-old asks about starting a family with a man who's already finished his

Nov 20, 2025 • Karen Doak

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The GD lobster bisque

A piping hot bowl of sisterly warfare

Nov 18, 2025 • Karen Doak

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Fakesgiving, flight drama, and other holiday logistics nightmares

What it takes to coordinate seven decades of family chaos

Nov 11, 2025 • Karen Doak

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An employee asked if her mom could call me about her PTO

The question that taught me PTO had become psychological warfare

Nov 4, 2025 • Karen Doak

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October 2025

Halloween is my hard pass

Why it’s okay to hate the thing everyone else loves

Oct 29, 2025 • Karen Doak

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The right life at the wrong time

What it’s like when your milestones don’t match anyone else’s

Oct 21, 2025 • Karen Doak

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