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My personality type (INTP) is the exact opposite personality of someone who society thinks would make a good wife and mother. No kidding. ESFJ is actually nicknamed the “housewife” personality type.

Here is what worries me about my personality type: I feel like I’ve caught this anti-wife, anti-mom disease. And naturally, I want to be a good wife and good mom, because society tells me I should…

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Hi! Welcome to Twenty Set. Here you will find 4-5 new articles every week about personal and professional development written specifically for the young professional. If you like what you read, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I recently wrote a post about software development […]

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People complain about bloggers a lot, mostly that they are diluting journalistic integrity with their non-experience. But those complaints don’t matter in the end, because blogging isn’t about journalism or credentials. Blogging is about being interesting, and all of your favorite bloggers, who you read every day, know that. Here are 10 tips on how you can become a favorite blogger yourself…

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So people have been asking me how to start a blog. I think this is great. Sort of. But I’m hesitant to actually give people advice on starting a blog because I don’t think everyone should have their own blog. Yes, a blog good for personal branding. Sure, you can meet lots of great people or even get a job from blogging. And then there is the free stuff. But these things can only happen if you blog well, and not everyone can do that…

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And no, it isn’t money… I am a professional fundraiser – there, I said it. Specifically, I write the letters you get once a year from your alma mater – the ones you get before you pay off your student loans, before you have launched a high paying career, when you are still living in a cramped apartment and taking night classes for grad school. But I am also a young alumnae, so I know why those letters may seem annoying, but let me tell you what I’ve learned…

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Becoming an environmentalist is a way of life, not a once-monthly chance to wear a t-shirt that says “Support Organic Farmers.” Have you considered how your life choices are impacting our world?

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Lance asked me to contribute my thoughts to his topic about how to make yourself more attractive to the opposite sex, because he was inspired by my post, Men Need To Grow Up?. Lance is a pretty funny guy, and his website is pretty entertaining, and I had trouble resisting his charm…

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I recently spoke with one of the marketing reps at a large brand company that I might be talking about more in the coming months. During our conversation, she said something like, “This feels so strange. I know so much about you because I’ve been reading your blog for a month…”

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As many of you know, I live/work in Madison, WI now. Sort of. Because I actually live/attend school in Chicago. Sort of. Confused yet?

Here’s the update on my new job:

It’s going great, except when I’m not working…

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Part of personal development is figuring out what you want to do and pursuing that path; but the problem with doing what you want is you sometimes make less money or work for a smaller company that doesn’t cover an important aspect of your life - your health. No health insurance is not such a big problem for routine check-ups; it’s a bigger problem for accidents and emergencies. Here are some tips to get by with no health insurance in any situation…

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My husband and I fight a lot about our finances. Namely that I spend too much.

Which is not true. A typical week of spending consists of me buying lunch and sometimes dinner for myself…

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Despite disliking the way the study is portrayed, I do think there is some truth to the conclusions the author presented; namely that highly successful women are attracted to similarly successful men but might be better matched with men who have less stressful careers and thus more time to support a high-earning spouse…

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As school winds down for the year, there is a lot of talk about recession and the prospective job market for graduating seniors. The economy is not the best, but luckily, there is a lot of great expert advice for students looking for jobs or struggling with the quarterlife crisis. I’ll be posting any opportunities or resources I come across in this thread…

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Despite my non-glowing review of marathons, I still recommend training for and running a marathon. I decided this while running an 8k (5 mile) race in Chicago this weekend. I haven’t run much over the last six months and I haven’t been to a gym at all in the last two months, so I had no idea what to expect; but I made it through the race at my regular marathon pace, despite not training…

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