It’s been almost three years since I started my Facebook hiatus. It improved my relationship with my boyfriend. Also, it seemed like nobody really cared that I left. It’s no secret that social media can destroy relationships. There are [...]
The Cajun Redhead
Hi, my name is Erin. I hate Facebook. I don’t use it anymore. There are numerous reasons, but I think I’ve boiled it down to seven. I started using Facebook around the end of 2008, but really ramped it [...]
If you’ve read my previous post about my illness and getting fired, then you’ll understand a little more about my health this past summer. I don’t remember much about the month of May (except I am still calling it [...]
That song 16 Tons reminds us how awful work conditions used to be before labor laws were enacted. Sadly, at the time, things like Ponzi Schemes and mergers of big money already existed. The Great Depression ushered in a [...]
The American work ethic has always been “if you work hard, then you will be rewarded financially.” Anyone can achieve this “dream.” The truth is just the opposite. While hard work is important in most occupations, it doesn’t guarantee [...]
As Covid-19 became a reality for more and more Americans, another condition seemed to pop up on the horizon: Broken Heart Syndrome. Everyone seems to think that a broken heart is something that happens when a person loses a [...]
Seven years ago, I went back to work after a four year break. I returned to medical coding, which was a field that had partly contributed to a previous nervous breakdown, but I needed a job with benefits. I’d [...]
When I came up with the idea of this blog, it was going to be this nice little blog about being Cajun (and a redhead duh). I was going to stuff down stereotypes and offer cute little recipes, travel [...]
