Jai-Shirelle: a blog.
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Hobbies
How Many Of Us Have Them… This post was originally written on my Substack here. I have been thinking about hobbies quite a bit lately because I am in a weird space where there isn’t much in my location that I like to do. I have also been suffering from burn out as well. Most…
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Minute Inspiration
This post was originally on my Substack here.
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Grief…
Or Something Like It. This post was originally on my Substack here. It took me two weeks to write this. I am still working my thoughts around grief and grieving the life you thought you would have and welcoming in the life you are actually living. I spoke with friends about this, my therapist, and…
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Having Hope During A Weary Bedraggled Time
This post was originally written on my Substack here. I’ve been sitting here thinking about this particularly wretched time that we live in. It’s very wicked and very scary. I see a lot of people struggling to have hope, to manifest, to stay optimistic during these times. I get it. It’s hard. Thanks for reading!…
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Welcome To My Substack
I have a Substack now. I recently heard that there was some interesting and concerning things going on with Substack, so I will repost my Substack articles here on my OG blog until I can figure out what I want to do. The next few posts, as well as this one will be reposts. Visions…
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New Client Site Launch
Last month, I finally got the opportunity to launch my client’s website. Working on The Burns Foundation website was challenging, yet fun. I helped The Burns Foundation create an online space where members of the community and the Francis Burns UMC congregation could get information about The Burns Foundation’s many events and projects. There are…
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48in48 Women’s Build March 2025
Last weekend I participated in the March 2025 48in48 Women’s Build Event. You may remember my last post about 48in48 from earlier last month. This event was just as fun and challenging as the Global Build Event I did in the fall of last year. As I grow my skills as a project manager, these…
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My Time As A Project Manager During My First 48in48 Build Event
Last fall I participated in the 48in48 Global Build Event as a project manager. 48in48 is a program that helps nonprofits build or revamp their websites during a weekend event. During the 48in48 buildathon, I helped my team build a WordPress website for a Georgia nonprofit organization called Cobb Global Outreach, Inc. It was exhausting…
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Things Have Changed For Me
The holiday season was not fun. I spent the holiday season trying to make magic happen, but my cousin died on Christmas Eve. Then I caught the flu on New Years Day. Things have not been going as planned, but they haven’t been going as planned for years. I started a therapy program, and told…
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Moment of Honesty: Socializing in 2023 is hard.
Moment of Honesty Here: I just moved back to my hometown, and I’m finding it hard to socialize. Like my social battery is low. I know it is partly because of all the stuff I have been through in recent years. The move was exhausting, Outside just isn’t the same outside anymore, and I still…
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