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Hi, I’m Shevonne!

I’m a DC native who is single mom with two young adults and a grandson. I have been in management for over ten years. With my hectic life, I have learned about productivity, time management, and organization so that I can make time for everything.

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Wanna know a secret? I’ve been obsessed with lea Wanna know a secret? I’ve been obsessed with leading a project from start to finish since I was a little girl creating gymnastics shows for my friends’ families and mine to see. But love alone wouldn’t have been enough to get me where I am today! To find a career I’m head over heels for, I took a lot of necessary steps to hone my craft. I studied, read, and learned from others. Was it easy? Not even a little. But would I change it? Not at all. When you decide to learn more about project management, I am here. I pour all that dedication and hard work into every step I take. #projectmanagerslife #peoplemanagement #projectmanagers #project_manager #organizationalgoals #employer #workculture #leadershiptips #leaderscreateleaders #leadershipmatters #projectmanager #employee #mentors #careerdevelopment #careeradvice#projectmanagement #professionaldevelopment #careers #careergoals #resume #management #leaders #leader #leadership #success
Organized, sarcastically funny, and loyal. That’ Organized, sarcastically funny, and loyal. That’s how my family would describe me. But if you asked me, I’d pick the same ones. I might appear to be serious at times, but I’m really trying to find the positive in everything at the end of the day. What 3 adjectives would you use to describe yourself? Comment below! #work_life_balance #worklifebalancegoals #worklifebalanced #balanceforbetter #balancedlifestyle #balanced #worklifebalance #lifequotes #quote #work #workbalance #workfamilybalance #lifeworkbalance #worklifestyle #beyourowninspiration #personalgrowthjourney #startyourlife #startnow #balance #worklife #wholelifestyle #happyworkhappylife #happyworkingmom #workhappy #happywork #happylifestyle #enjoyyourlife #workmode #workworkwork
One of the events happening in May is that my son One of the events happening in May is that my son and I will sit down and talk about his future. Last year he graduated high school, and one of his was that he take a gap year. For those who don’t know what a gap year it’s when you take a year to travel, explore, take a full-time job, etc., and really think about what they want to do for their future.⁠ ⁠ When I was a teenager, that was one of the things that I wanted to do. I had this huge dream of backpacking through Europe and just trying to figure out what I wanted to do. Back then, I wanted to get into interior design and go to a school in San Diego because I really loved California. Unfortunately, my parents forced me to go to college right away. This really hurt me, and my first semester went terribly because I was not into college mentally. I failed the semester. It was really embarrassing to me, but I wanted to share it to let the young people know, especially that you really need to follow your path. If you don’t know what you want to do with your path, follow your parents’ advice until you can really think about what you want to do. But if you already have a passion for something, you really have to do what you want.⁠ ⁠ Watch the video (link in bio) for some advice on how to find a career you love.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #careeradvicewednesday #entrepreneur #career #careerplanning #careergoals #motivation #resume #careeradviceoftheday #business #jobsearch #careersuccess #careercoach #inspiration #job #careercoaching #careersadvice #fashioncareeradvice #love #careergrowth #success #careerdevelopment #careeradvice101 #careeradvicemelbourne #careerpath #careeradvicer #jobs #careertips #careers #careeradvicegirlsget #careerchange
Created a health goal to take the baby out for a w Created a health goal to take the baby out for a walk when the weather is nice. Bought a jogger stroller and I love it! So easy to maneuver and we can now go on unpaved walking trails. Walking outside helps to reduce stress and improve mental health. Definitely go outside and soak in the Vitamin D. ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #youcanhaveitall #yourbestself #joblife #anxiety #lifeimprovement #officelife #stress #motivation #happyemployees #takeyourlifeback #growthmindset #beginanywhere #growthzone #thinkpositive #worklifebalance #jobstress #jobburnout #mentalhealthmatters #walkingoutside #takingbabyoutforawalk
A new Stanford Research (link in bio) shows that w A new Stanford Research (link in bio) shows that women are more affected by back-to-back online meetings than men. They are calling it “Zoom Fatigue.” One reason they believe that women are left more exhausted is because of “self-focused attention.” This is when you are focused on the way you look in video conferencing.⁠ ⁠ I’m glad that my company doesn’t force us to be on video. We do once in a while, but that is our choice to be on camera. We don’t need to be in each meeting. ⁠ ⁠ I have slipped in making myself presentable every day, and that is one of my goals. However, there are times when you just don’t want to put makeup on and are fine without it. To then have to go on video can be stressful for many women. ⁠ ⁠ Companies, remote working doesn’t mean constantly having your employees in meetings. Additionally, you don’t have to force them to always have the video camera on. Find ways to reduce the number of meetings that there are. If you can’t, make sure that meeting organizers have an agenda and keep track of the time. If there is a risk that the meeting will go over, start letting people know that the meeting will come to an end, so start discussing the action items that need to come out of the meeting. ⁠ ⁠ Not every conversation needs to be a meeting. There are a couple of people I wish would get that message. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #zoomfatigue #onlinemeetings #videoconferencing #workingfromhomemom #workingfromhomelife #workingfromhomeproblems #workingfromhometoday #workingfromhomewithkids #remotelife #workingwomen #workingmoms #workingwoman #remotework #workaholic #workingfromhome #workingmom #remoteworking #flexibleworking #workingremotely #telework #workfromhome #workremote #workremotely #remoteworklife #remotelyworking #telecommuting #workingathome #workfromhomelife #telecommute #teleworking
The first storage type is USB flash drives. So the The first storage type is USB flash drives. So these are little portable drives that you’re able to insert in your USB port and be able to save the data in there and retrieve the data. ⁠ ⁠ They have definitely evolved because I remember when I first started using them, and this was probably like in the early 2000s, they could only hold like eight megabytes, 16 megabytes. And now, some can hold like over two to four terabytes. And I know that a lot of gamers use them for being a supplement to their hard drive. ⁠ ⁠ It isn’t just with a laptop or desktop; you can also use it for your gaming systems. And so it’s definitely good to have flash drives around. I think even companies, um, they give them out for free. I don’t know if they do it as often as they used to, but I’m assuming that they’re giving out USB drives at conferences. So definitely, it’s always good to have a few available. ⁠ ⁠ You’re able to quickly use it to either get the data from a system and then be able to put it in another system, or you’re able to just use it, like I said, to be a supplement to your internal hard drive. So definitely USB drives are always a good storage type to have.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #productivityninja #productivityimprovement #productivitycoach #productivitytip #productivitytools #productivityhacks #productivitytips #beproductive #productiveday #productive #productivity #productivespaces #workinglife #productivelife #productivemom #beingproductive #datastorage #pmtool #studenttool #usbdrive⁠
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