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What’s the Deal With Teenagers and Procrastination?
This may sound like the intro to a bad comedy bit, but what’s the deal with teenagers and procrastination? As a reformed procrastinator myself, I get it. It’s tough to juggle school demands, a social life, extracurricular activities, and maybe having dinner with your family once in a while. But I’m finding that procrastination is…
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How I Got Involved with the Government Relations Committee
I’ve always been a bit of a nerd about the law. It started my sophomore year of high school, when my honors history teacher witnessed me arguing with a fellow classmate. The next thing I knew, I was sitting in a meeting for the high school mock trial team. I loved it enough to continue…
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See You in the New Year!
Dear WACAC Members, This marks our 60th post since the WACAC Communications Committee first launched WACAConversations in July. I am amazed by all that the committee has accomplished in such a short amount of time. In addition to launching this blog, we got Facebook and Twitter back up and running, developed a new look for…
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Simple Thanks and Happy Holidays!
This month’s article is blog lite. We just had our December Board meeting, and we continue to move forward. My job as president is to listen a lot, speak a little, and be genuinely grateful for all these folks do for our association. Balancing their committee responsibilities, ‘real’ jobs, and, oh yes, personal lives, can…
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A Decade Later
It was raining in Los Angeles on the morning of December 7th. This phenomenon alone was enough to make the day upsetting. When you add in the fact that I was up at 6:30am to take a 5 hour standardized test, you know things have gone haywire. At first, my decision to take the SAT…
