by Sue Horner | Oct 25, 2012 | Most popular posts, The Red Jacket Diaries blog
My two-year degree program ended in mid-July, but that chapter came to a true end with a one-minute or so walk across the stage at the Royal Theatre in Victoria, B.C. for convocation on Tuesday. My classmates and I don’t actually have our BA in Professional...
by Sue Horner | Aug 23, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Beautiful gardens are part of the charm of Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC. While I was there, I found myself enchanted as much by the various doors and gates throughout the gardens as by the colourful peacocks that roam the grounds. If you want to get all...
by Sue Horner | Aug 20, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
As a society, we’re not very good at transition. Women who take maternity leave from a busy job outside the home practically get whiplash switching from the day job to the dead stop, career-wise, that is the all-consuming day-and-night job of motherhood....
by Sue Horner | Jul 27, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
The feeling of accomplishment is sweet. The unsettled feeling of something ending is a little bittersweet. And after two years of assignments and papers and textbooks and academic readings, I’m finding my new freedom a little unreal. A classmate and I were...
by Sue Horner | Jul 16, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Two years ago, I embarked on a journey. Call it a quest, or maybe a crazy idea, and really, what the heck was I thinking?? Part bucket list, part completing something left undone in my 20s, the idea of finishing my degree had been secretly nagging me for years....
by Sue Horner | Feb 9, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
(With apologies to the gentlemen named, I submitted this for a class assignment.) Few people are retweeted more often than high-profile Twitter users Chris Brogan and Guy Kawasaki. But which one is more successful? That depends on your measure of success....
by Sue Horner | Jan 12, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Warm weather dreaming as winter sets in reminded me that last year, I spent five days in Cuba on a quick all-inclusive vacation during Son #2’s week off university. Juggling paying work and my own school work, I didn’t have a lot of spare time but figured...
by Sue Horner | Dec 23, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
It’s been a little quiet around the Red Jacket Diaries these days. I’ve just finished a stretch where every spare minute and then some went into various school assignments, both team and individual. My head was down and it felt like it came up only to...
by Sue Horner | Aug 13, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
My second three-week residency at Royal Roads University is two-thirds done, closing last night with a class party that was all kinds of fun. Week one ended with tea at the historic Empress Hotel overlooking Victoria harbour; the photo shows me feeling a bit like...
by Sue Horner | Jul 27, 2011 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Remember the book, Where’s Waldo? That’s what my online presence has turned into these days. Where’s Sue? I’ve been quiet on this blog, Twitter and LinkedIn for weeks because I’m gearing up for the second year of the Professional...
