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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to manage a college education Posted to: College students January 21st, 2010 Del.icio.us They already have the students on campus, so they worry about getting companies on campus. So they track how many students go on to get a Ph.D

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Asperger's at work: Why I need a sick day to register my car.

Penelope Trunk

The food thing is so much more socially acceptable. Sometimes I’d be right there, sitting at the gate, watching the clock, but the clock is just more numbers, and still I’d miss the flight. I have always found that my struggles have made me more humble and compassionate. I bring my VIN number to the window where the lady is.

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This is what it looks like to have a hard time making a change.

Penelope Trunk

It's true that I've been thinking a lot about creating more stability in my life. I go there on a day the salon is closed, and we do my hair and then spend the day hanging out in Santa Monica talking. It's hard to make changes, even if the changes could make my life more calm. As was the eyebrow story.

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When you're feeling lost, don't hide | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

So I figure that maybe I'd have a more popular blog if I published my sucky poetry. The world provides a mirror for us to see ourselves more clearly, if we give the world a chance to reflect back to us what is there. Lean into the pain, embrace it, breathe more. And I don't need to tell you she is no poetic genius.

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