There is a saying in Indiana that if you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes. We are notorious for 80-degree weather one day and snow the next. Life (and your career) can be a bit like that, too.

Thanks to Pete Seeger and (the Bible’s book of Ecclesiastes), we know “to everything, there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.” While I know this deep in my chilled, snow-comes-in-late-spring bones as a Midwesterner, we don’t always acknowledge it in our lives and especially not in our careers.

While nature’s life cycle is on repeat, the phases of our life aren’t so reliable. We can skip from a career season of plenty to dire straits in a heartbeat. Try these 14 DIY practices to make the most of each season (and flourish).

“I feel like I'm always running on defense" + "Over it!"

Since the COVID-19 outbreak, women are taking the pressure off and leaning into their values, priorities and needs within work more than ever before. Whether you are leveraging your skills for an employer, as a freelancer, or looking to launch a business, there is one constant you need to cultivate no matter the zig and zag of your career - Your personal brand.

Go beyond the bathrobe. Give your professional woman what she wants in all aspects of her life. From the home to her office, discover a unique gift for every woman, at every price point for every career stage in the premier edition of The Career Woman’s Ultimate Gift Guide.

There is still a broken rung on the promotion path to manager. A consistent trend since 2016, according to Lean In and McKinsey & Company’s Women in the Workplace 2021 report. Which begs the question: What (or who) do women need to advance?

Breaking down three common career guides whose form and functions are easily entangled and confused - Mentor, Coach and Sponsor, you’ll know who to invite into your career journey at the right time to reach your goals.

The hourglass is so last decade to illustrate the transience of time (I’m looking at you, Days of Our Lives).

Time is on a stopwatch for working parents in the age of Coronavirus. You have three minutes and 24 seconds to get things done.

At least that's how long working-parents clocked uninterruptible professional time before their personal commitments (ahem children) interrupted their work, according to a Washington Post article explaining their experiment.

The parent duo was interrupted 45 times within three-hours, averaging about 15 interruptions every 60 minutes.

Are you experiencing the same personal and professional tug-of-war, too?

Working (or job searching) in short bursts is the name of the game with young or home learning kids in the house. Better yet (if possible), in-home childcare or assistance at the very least, to block chunks of extended work time.

So how can you use your few-minute work bursts to level up your career or job search?

Approximately 16 million Americans filed for unemployment, according to the U.S. Department of Labor since April 4.

While a furlough is preferable over a layoff for several reasons, like maintaining health benefits and perhaps 401(K) contributions, it is also the messy middle.

You may be asking yourself: Will I eventually be laid off? When will I return to work?

So, how do you spend your time in the whirlwind of questions and unknowns?