Mary Kate Miller
Washington Post
Chicago, IL, United States
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The man who got me down the aisle wasn’t my dad — it was my therapist
I never would have made it to marriage without my therapist’s guidance, and ultimately, his help letting me go. → Read More
Personal Essay on Not Dieting For Wedding
I love my body — or, at least, I make the active choice to love it every day. Like pretty much everything else I do, some days I am more successful than → Read More
Personal Essay on Not Dieting For Wedding
I love my body — or, at least, I make the active choice to love it every day. Like pretty much everything else I do, some days I am more successful than → Read More
A Day at the Office Through the Eyes of an Introvert
Being an introvert in the workplace can be exhausting. Offices are generally designed to reward extroverts — with rows of desks, constantly having to “touch base,” or worse, go to a meeting. For a... → Read More
All Hail, the Clever Halloween Costume!
It’s October, which means we can finally start planning those Halloween costumes that we’ve been thinking about all summer? Wait, you were out enjoying the sunshine and not anxiously scouring the... → Read More
A Compendium of Workplace Jargon We're Ready To Retire
There was a time when the annoyingly vague directive to "think outside the box" was the only corporate jargon we knew. But in 2017, the American workplace lexicon has evolved into a string of... → Read More
Everything I Learned About Saving Money As a Brand New Freelancer
The freelance life is great because you get to decide your hours, which projects to take, and ultimately your destiny. It does come at a cost, and that cost is free money from your employer. So,... → Read More
All the Career-Energizing Movies and Series To Stream This Month
We think of entertainment as escapism—a way to get our minds off the realities of our jobs. But some of the best movies and shows double as super-inspiring career journeys that motivate us to get... → Read More
An Ode to the Woman Who Inspired Me To Quit My Full-Time Job For a Freelance Career
Both of my parents started their own businesses, so in some ways it was in my blood. While my father was working on building his business, my mother was the breadwinner. She was a graphic designer... → Read More
A Thank You Note To All the Moms Who Started Their Own Businesses and Inspired Us To Do the Same
Both of my parents started their own businesses, so in some ways it was in my blood. While my father was working on building his business, my mother was the breadwinner. She was a graphic designer... → Read More
How To Use Facebook For Work (Without Falling Into a Newsfeed Hole)
Now in its middle age as a social networking site, Facebook is becoming a better and better place for career resources and personal development. You can network, connect with other people in... → Read More
The 10 Coolest Sounding Jobs in the Beer Industry
Get ready to have some serious career envy because it turns out that working in craft beer can be about as fun and cool as it seems (watch the film Drinking Buddies for a good example.) In recent... → Read More
Taylor Swift Spoke to My Soul, Until I Grew Up — and She Didn't
I still remember where I was when I connected with Taylor Swift for the first time. I was sitting in my dorm room at 20 years old; I was studying abroad, and a → Read More
Taylor Swift Spoke to My Soul, Until I Grew Up — and She Didn't
I still remember where I was when I connected with Taylor Swift for the first time. I was sitting in my dorm room at 20 years old; I was studying abroad, and a → Read More
Who Your Favorite 'Game of Thrones' Characters Would Be If They Worked in Your Office
After seven seasons, fans of Game of Thrones have come to expect that the only thing certain in Westeros is that everything is uncertain. Change comes to The Seven Kingdoms as often as it comes to... → Read More
Here's How To Turn That Tech Internship Into a Full-Time Job
When you’re beginning your professional life, it can be daunting to know what the “right” next step is. As ubiquitous as internships have become, they’re still somewhat shrouded in mystery when it... → Read More
10 Reminders That Your Boss Is Not Your Parent
Unless you work at a family business— which I can say from experience, “Don’t”— your boss is not actually your mom or dad. Still, it can be tempting to project all the baggage that comes from our... → Read More
We Have a New 'Friends' Fan Theory All About Their Careers
There’s a Friends fan theory that’s sweeping the internet and has everyone wondering: was the whole series just Rachel Green’s dream? Part of the theory posits that an aspect of her dream was her... → Read More
The Most Rom-Com Jobs in Rom-Com Movies, Ranked
Instagram has done a stellar job of giving us unrealistic eyebrow and brunch expectations, but if you’re looking for unrealistic career expectations, it’s the rom-com for the win. Rom coms are... → Read More
What You Imagined Work Would Be Like if You Grew Up in the '90s
Growing up is always a shock. Kids of any era are always surprised to find that adulthood is not what they thought it would be. Kids who grew up in the '90s took it one step further. Armed with an... → Read More