Happy Mon(Daé) 22

It’s another Monday and as an optimist I’m out here trying to spread the good in the world any way that I can. I’m learning that I give excellent advice but I need to take said advice myself. Cheers to an awesome week and saying goodbye to June. Where is 2018 going? Mon(Daé) Motivation 412…

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Drake Just Won the Internet

Drake is notorious for slaughtering people when it comes to exchanging bars in a rap beef. That’s why when rapper Pusha T dropped the track “Infrared” coming for Drake everyone was excited to see how it would unfold. The rap game is still divided over who won the Drake and Meek Mill beef that seemed…

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The 2018 Hustle Her Way Summit Dropped Gems

The Hustle Her Way Summit can’t be labeled as conference. Conference is an understatement as at a conference you stay and listen and the information you’ve gathered from it probably never leaves that venue. This was an eye opening experience full of so many positive women making boss moves. Although it was only three days,…

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We Need to Talk About Salaries

In college I was a bit of a “trouble maker” but I was taught to question everything. Unhappy with the food options at my university I questioned why I was paying thousands of dollars for a meal plan that was mediocre at best. No one bothered giving me an acceptable answer and when I encouraged…

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412 Fresh-ish: 4 Things Pittsburgh Should Work On

Pittsburgh makes list after list and it’s awesome to see the city get so much shine. Pittsburgh is affordable, the food scene is enough to make my wallet cry, and for the most part the people are nice. With all great things though does come downfalls. Pittsburgh has some areas it can improve on. Pittsburgh’s…

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Braddock: Why I Came Back

Braddock is rather resilient. A town of approximately 2,100 people with a median income of a little over $20,000 is building a new identity and looking to the people to help lead that transformation

Hustle Her Way Hosts Slay in Your Lane Networking Mixer

The sold out Hustle Her Way Summit  runs from June 8-10th. The annual Pittsburgh summit is an empowering three days full of confidence building branding workshops for the fiercest of creatives. Created by branding bombshell and creator of Life of a Bombshell Cosmetics Kyshira Moffett, the summit gets grander and more creative every year.  This…

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4 Festivals to Check For in the 412

After what seemed like the coldest winter ever we’re finally making it to warmer weather and the cabin fever is real! It turns out that Pittsburgh has a festival for pretty much anything and what we lack in music festivals (I can only count the music festivals on one hand) we make up for in…

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If Season 4 of The 100 Was Nuclear Season 5 is Intense

Season 4 of CW’s The 100 ended with the end of the world and we’re still waiting to see who survived and who didn’t. I’ve said it before that this show is beyond awesome because it toys with morality and this thought of who exactly is the villain. It seems like all the clans in…

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Existential Crisis: Falling Out of Love is Crucial

“No, we can’t be friends because you were a terrible boyfriend. What would make me think you would be an awesome friend?” – Me (2016) People can be friends with their exes if said person deserves it. The older I get the more I realize that not everyone deserves my friendship because frankly, I’m a…

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