Sentences with phrase «down a day job»

So rather than sweat the investment game, she spent years holding down a day job while bootstrapping her new company on the side.

Holding down a day job means having only so many waking hours to devote to your side venture.

Blakely famously started Spanx with $ 5,000 of her own savings in the late 1990s, while holding down a day job selling fax machines.

Getting all the coursework and projects done on his own time, in addition to holding down his day job, was «difficult and challenging but in the end very rewarding,» Meyer said.

To complicate things further, your startup is also frequently a side hustle while you hold down a day job.

While still holding down her day job as a p...

Struggling with school, overdue bills and the ability to hold down a day job, Peter's life is so consumed with saving others that there is little time for anything else.

Raised for the balance of his youth in the lap of luxury, Adonis never forgets what he endured, and is determined to become a professional boxer, training himself to the point that he defeats a flurry of opponents in Mexico while holding down a day job at a financial institution.

In addition to holding down a day job as a board game photographer, Scott is the author of several middle grade fantasy novels, a thriller, and a couple of non-fiction titles, including this newest one.

When I graduated from Oxford I waitressed full — time while writing at night, so I know how hard it is to fulfill an artistic passion while holding down a day job.

Unfortunately, it's so easy to get bogged down in the daily grind of just working on a manuscript, holding down a day job, and still trying to be a human who eats and showers and sleeps and sometimes even socializes.

If you're a writer with a firm goal to make an income writing, who has limited time from holding down a day job, with kids, perhaps even health issues, then focusing your limited time and effort on a genre will give back more bang for the time you put in.

Next to marketing, this tends to be one of the biggest challenges for writers, especially those who are trying to break into a career as a writer while holding down a day job or raising a family.

It's no harder or more hectic I'm sure than trying to write and hold down a day job, but I do sometimes struggle with snapping myself from parenting / teaching mode into writing / creative mode and back again on a dime — or rather during the 10 - 20 minute windows I usually get to do some work.

It's no harder or more hectic I'm sure than trying to write and hold down a day job, but I do sometimes struggle with snapping myself from parenting / teaching -LSB-...]

Unlike many of the other indie developers we've talked to, it's less a story less about self - imposed crunch, racing to meet a launch date, and more about one man figuring out what his game was while holding down a day job.»

When you write about video games every week while also holding down a day job in a different area of journalism, you end up accumulating a lot of them.

Making art, holding down a day job, managing a family, and trying to sell your art takes some hard work.

Artist Matt Tackett, who holds down a day job installing artworks for an auction house, is showing a 10 - foot - tall, red - white - and - blue banner with the text, «We Finance Lottery Tickets.»

For me personally, with holding down a day job and working seven hours in the evenings, I constantly remind myself of this and that it doesn't happen overnight.

The 29 - year - old from London, Ont., holds down a day job as a criminal defence counsel in Chattanooga, Tenn..

How to get insane real estate profits even if you're holding down a day job and have no time to yourself

For now, Cymrot and Mann — who are real estate veterans, not journalists — are the only employees of NetGainRealEstate.com, running the new venture while simultaneously holding down their day jobs.

Not exact matches

This was during the early days of the internet, when AOL frequently needed to get parts to its engineers, but its logistics vendor was falling down on the job.

Later Wednesday afternoon, Corning CEO Wendell Weeks also stepped down, saying in a statement, «the events of the last few days have transformed the council's laudable mission of job creation into a perception of political support for the Administration and its statements.

They are out there somewhere, tens of thousands of them — growth companies, companies that will one day replace the millions of jobs down, or circling, the drain.

«Some stuff just comes down to day - to - day jobs, encouraging people to think about: «How can I do things more effectively?»»

The nearby Chevron refinery is threatened with closure because the competition from Asian and American refiners for the 300,000 barrels a day currently coming down the pipe has become stiff, so existing B.C. jobs are at stake.

A few months ago, when Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci revised the 2017 - 2018 provincial deficit down to $ 9.1 billion from a previously forecast $ 10.5 billion, he declared it one of his best days on the job.

«Both the board and I believe we now have the right person to succeed me as CEO — a successor ready to assume the job the day after I die or step down,» Buffett wrote in his 2014 shareholder letter.

Furthermore, going from physically interacting with at least 30 people a day at my old job to only speaking with a couple of folks to nobody a day is a let down that takes time getting used to.

You and I both know that your formal financial plan could expire the day after you read it if you lose your job or your house burns down or one of your kids gets really sick.

We can only hope that these superst «itious, fantasy beliefs will one day knock each other out; and we can get down to the job of tackling the world's problems in a realistic manner.

Yep you are right, I moved down here in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America in a crazy awful view, They don't like difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien, did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,

CONTENTS Why This Book Now 1 BASICS Gremolata 10 Aioli 10 Bagna Cauda 12 Salsa Verde 13 Chimichurri Sauce 14 Yogurt Sauce 16 Tzatziki 17 Tomatillo Salsa 18 Spiced Nut - Date Sauce 20 Buttermilk - Herb Dressing 21 Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 24 Greenest Goddess Dressing and Dip 24 Applesauce 27 Sautéed Apples 28 Romesco Sauce 29 Quick Tomato Sauce 30 Chicken Stock 32 Ricotta Cheese 33 Cream Cheese Dough 36 Crème Fraîche 37 Preserved Lemons 39 Preserved Quince 42 5 - Day Sauerkraut 44 Quick Vegetable Pickles 49 Strawberry - Orange Jam 50 Blueberry Jam 51 Peach Jam 56 Quince Jelly 58 Apple Butter 60 Corn Tortillas 62 BREAKFAST AND BRUNCH Granola 68 Flax - Coconut Muffins 71 Banana Bread with Streusel Topping 74 Sour Cream Coffee Cake 76 Buckwheat Crêpes 77 Any Day Pancakes 82 Buckwheat Dutch Baby with Sauteéd Apples 83 Crispy Waffles 85 Popovers 86 Kuku Sabzi (Persian Vegetable and Herb Omelet) 88 Mollet Eggs with Avocado and Roe 92 APPETIZERS AND SNACKS Goat Cheese — Garlic Spread 98 Fig - Plum Compote 101 Stuffed Dates 101 Ceci Cacio e Pepe (Roasted Chickpeas with Cheese and Pepper) 103 Granola Bark 104 Cheese - and - Pepper Crackers 107 Gougères 110 Pissaladiere 112 Aguachile with Shrimp and Scallops 115 Chicken Liver Mousse 116 Socca (Chickpea Crisps) 118 Gravlax 120 SOUPS Ancho Pepper Soup 126 Cauliflower - Garlic Soup with Watercress Pesto 129 Billi Bi Soup with Saffron 131 Simple Crab Bisque 134 Black Bean and Ham Hock Soup 136 Stracciatella (Italian Egg Drop Soup) 138 Avgolemono (Greek Lemon Soup) 141 Kapusniak (Polish Cabbage and Sour Cream Soup) 143 Summer Greens Soup 144 SALADS, VEGETABLES, AND SIDES Vegetable Slaw 148 Fattoush with Country Bread 151 Treviso Salad 152 Kale and Cucumber Salad with Tahini - Lemon Dressing 153 English Pea, Pea Shoot, Fennel, and Goat Cheese Salad 154 Purple Salad 157 Celery Root and Citrus Salad 158 Romanesco Salad 160 Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Panzanella with Basil Salsa Verde 161 Chicken — Celery Root Salad 163 Tomato, Shelling Beans, and Cucumber Salad 164 Many Bean Salad with Preserved Lemon and Herbs 166 Dark Leafy Greens with Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 168 Job's Tears Salad 169 Black - Eyed Peas, Ham, and Collards 170 Royal Corona Beans with Chimichurri Sauce and Smelts 172 Succotash 173 Roasted Fall Vegetables and Apples 175 Zucchini - Herb Fritters 178 Beets and Greens with Hazelnuts and Honey - Vinegar Dressing 181 Pan-Roasted Eggplant 182 Roasted Baby Eggplant with Yogurt Sauce 182 Masa Harina and Millet Cornbread 184 Whole - Loaf Cheesy Garlic Bread 186 Cheese and Corn Soufflé 188 Corn, Green Beans, and Parmesan 193 Sorghum and Corn «Risotto» 195 Restaurant Mashed Potatoes 197 Cottage Fries 198 Creamed Potatoes with Dill 200 Rösti Potatoes 201 Potato Gratin 203 Fried Potatoes and Roasted Oyster Mushrooms 206 Chris Kronner's Onion Rings and Tempura Vegetables 207 Brandade 209 MAINS Ricotta Dumplings 214 Spring Risotto 217 Seafood Salad with Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 219 Chopped Salad of Salmon and Vegetables 220 One - Side Sautéed Salmon with Chive Butter Sauce 223 Hot - Smoked Salmon with Salsa Verde Cream Sauce 225 Seafood Stew with Aioli 227 Spatchcocked Roasted Chicken 228 Fried Chicken 233 Savory Bread Pudding with Wild Mushrooms and Bacon 237 Cider Caramel Pork Ribs 241 Pork Chops in Mustard Sauce with Apples 243 Lamb Kofta (Spicy Lamb Skewers) 245 Dry - Rubbed Tri-Tip 249 Carbonnade à la Flamande with Celery Heart Salad (Flemish Beef Short Rib Stew) 254 Beef Daube (Beef Stew) 256 GATHERINGS Menus 260 Pan Bagnat 263 Eggplant Parmesan Gratin with Fresh Tomatoes and Quinoa 264 Holiday Turkey with Turkey Gravy 266 Carnitas 272 Porchetta 276 Leg of Lamb over Potato - Onion Gratin with Mint Salsa Verde 279 DESSERTS Shortbread 284 Fresh Ginger Cookies 285 Chocolate - Buckwheat Madeleines 288 Pistachio Madeleines 290 Jam Bars 292 Walnut Pralines 294 Double Chocolate Sorghum Brownies 296 Apple Beehive 297 Spiced Apple - Walnut Cake 300 Lemon Pound Cake 302 Cornmeal - Ricotta Upside - Down Cake 305 Teff Carrot Cake 308 Birthday Cake with Fluffy Milk Chocolate Frosting 310 Tartine Chocolate - Almond Cake 314 Mocha - Hazelnut Cake with Whipped Cream 317 Pavlova with Citrus and Stone Fruit 319 Blueberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Buttermilk Biscuit Topping 324 Apple Pie 328 Boysenberry Pie 331 Cherry - Frangipane Galette 332 Champagne Gelée with Strawberries 334 Dark Chocolate and Toasted Almond Semifreddo 338 Chocolate Pots de Crème 340 Kabocha Custard 341 Flan 343 Lemon Pudding Cake 346 Persimmon Pudding 347 Catalonian Rice Pudding 349 Sticky Date Pudding with Hot Toffee Sauce 252 Candied Orange Peel 355 Fluffy Milk Chocolate Frosting 357 Marshmallows 358

The company's staff has direct input into its direction, all the way down to choosing the equipment the company buys for them to get their jobs done every day.

Fortunately, I'll be able to keep my day job, as I'll be working remotely and will be driving down to the Bay Area at least every other week.

Lol lol lol joke of the century dyche for Arsenal job what is Ian Wright smoking down at radio 5 Burnley play dire football as for his defensive acumen lol Ex Arsenal players say anything that get coverage we have a moronic fan Base And moronic ex players who spend their days talking down the club

The 50 - year - old never returned to Arsenal after his playing days, and he has revealed that's down to Wenger who has rejected his approach to come back and take various jobs at different levels of the club.

I have a bullet journal that I keep on my desk so when I'm at my day job designing socks I can jot down anything I need to do for Wilful North that evening.

But one day down the road we will realize that those moments in the middle of the night with our little one are now treasured memories and those long days alone with our baby at home made for the best job we ever had.

Given that I barely have five minutes in a row to sit down and write during the day without Cooper wanting to show me something, requesting food, stubbing his toe or a whole myriad of other possible events that require Mommy's attention, I really can't comprehend how some parents work real jobs, from home, with their infants and toddlers at home too.

We sat down on Pinterest again (I know, I really find it difficult some days to do this job!)

(Chocolate is a poor choice for this job because fat slows down the absorption of sugar and it's not one of your five fruits and vegetables a day!)

You're sitting down for dinner and ask your spouse how the job hunt went that day.

Homeschooling also requires one parent to be at home during the day, which makes it difficult to hold down a job.

I love the sun canopy because it's huge and does a fantastic job shading your child; fully extended, it goes all the way down past the bumper bar, completely enclosing your child on very sunny or windy days.

So ensure you tell her she's doing a wonderful job nursing your baby - without being prompted and not just when she's exhausted and having a «down» day.

I guess it's only natural to assume the grass is greener on the other side of motherhood: that working moms get to «have a break» from parenting unlike SAHMs, who have to deal with their kids all the day, or that SAHMs get to, well, stay at home, and don't have to deal with the rigors of holding down a job and being a parent.

So what do you do on those days when you feel as if you want to quit being a stay - at - home mom because a full - time job with a boss breathing down your neck would still be much easier?