The PM Pivot Series, Part 5 of 5: The Interview and the First 90 Days: How to Walk In Without the Title and Walk Out With the Offer
Implementation Manager interviews aren’t knowledge tests. They’re character tests, communication tests, thinking-out-loud tests. And those tests you can prepare for because they rely on a small set of recurring questions and a framework that works every time. Here’s how to walk in without the title and walk out with the offer — plus the philosophy behind the 30/60/90 day plan that determines whether you keep the job once you get it.
Sinking Funds: The Budgeting System Nobody Taught You
Chile, let me tell you about the year I cried over a car repair. The check engine light came on in October. The mechanic told me $400 — money I had earmarked for Christmas. I sat in the parking lot afterwards and cried, because I had known the car was making a weird sound for months. I had known the holidays were coming. Sinking funds are the budgeting system nobody taught us — the one that turns 'big surprise expenses' into a non-event. Here are the 10 sinking funds every rich girl needs, the simplest setup, and how to start with just three.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 4 of 5: Five Ways In: The Unconventional Entry Points Into Project Management
Most career guides give you one entry point into project management — apply online and hope. That’s not a strategy. That’s a lottery ticket. Here are the five real ways to break into PM without a PMP, including the unpaid internship pitch I personally used to convert from Administrative Manager to Implementation Manager. Pick the path that fits and run it.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 3 of 5: The Hidden Lane: Why Healthcare and MedTech Are the Easiest Doors Into Project Management Right Now
While everyone is fighting for tech PM jobs at companies they recognize from Super Bowl commercials, healthcare and MedTech are quietly paying six figures and nobody is looking. Entry-level Implementation Manager roles start around $85K. Mid-level pays $100K-$130K. Senior clears $150K. The competition is a fraction of tech. And there are at least five different role titles you should be searching that aren’t ‘Project Manager.’ Here’s why this lane is wide open right now — and how to find it.
Book Like a Rich Girl: The Travel Gems That Actually Save You Money (That Nobody Talks About)
Chile, the internet is FULL of travel tips that don't work anymore. Book on a Tuesday. Use incognito. Clear your cookies. Those tips are from 2014. The airlines caught on a long time ago. Here are the seven real travel gems I actually use — hidden city ticketing, error fares, cancel-and-rebook hotel hacks, repositioning flights — to book trips for half what everybody else is paying. None of it is hard. It's just information most travelers don't have.
The 10 Things I Stopped Doing in My 40s That Made Me Richer in Every Way
There is a specific kind of freedom that hits in your 40s. Not the wild, reckless freedom your 20s self imagined. Something quieter. The freedom of finally not caring — clear about who you are, clear about what you have time for, clear about what is no longer worth a single ounce of your peace. Here are the 10 things I stopped doing that made me richer in every way that matters. Over-explaining. Apologizing for taking up space. Performing busy. Engaging with disrespect. And what I do instead.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 2 OF 5: You’re Not Underqualified. You’re Underpositioned. Here’s the Experience Audit That Fixes It.
Most women trying to pivot into project management aren’t underqualified — they’re underpositioned. They look at their resume, see a title like Administrative Manager or Team Lead, and assume that title is the ceiling. It’s not. The PM work is already there. They just haven’t named it correctly. Here’s why the language gap is the real reason career-changers stay stuck, the three audit mistakes that cost you interviews, and the simple translation formula that fixes both.
The Art of the Brag: How to Document Your Wins So Promotions Aren’t a Guessing Game
Hard work doesn’t speak for itself — you do. Here’s the mindset shift and the simple system that turns your career wins into receipts you can pull out for any review, raise, or promotion conversation.
The PM Pivot Series, Part 1 OF 5: How I Broke Into Project Management Without a PMP — And You Can Too
Years ago I applied for a project manager role and didn't get it. Most women would've moved on. Instead, I went to my boss and asked if I could intern unpaid under the woman who got the job I wanted. She said yes. That one uncomfortable conversation turned an Administrative Manager into a six-figure Implementation Manager — without a PMP, without a tech background, without starting over. Here's how it happened, and how you can do the same thing.
Stop Trying to Find Your Passion. Find Your 'I Could Do This for Free' Instead.
If one more person tells me to follow my passion, I'm gonna scream into a pillow. Passion is a feeling, and feelings change. I'm passionate about my bed at 6am — that's not a career. The advice that actually changed how I built Rich Out Loud was a meaner question: what would I do for free, even if nobody clapped? That's not passion. That's alignment. And alignment is what builds a career that doesn't quit on you.
The 'Would I Pay Cash For This?' Test: My Petty Little Rule for Big Purchases
I joined a vacation club. Yes, me — the same woman always preaching about not getting talked into stuff. I sat through the pitch, did the math, signed the paper. And I'm not mad about it. The only reason I'm not mad? One petty little question I now ask myself before every big purchase: would I pay cash for this, today, in twenties, out of my actual wallet? It's the rule that's saved me thousands on the no's and given me peace on the yes's.
Table for One: Why I Stopped Waiting on Other People to Live My Life
Chile, I almost didn't go to dinner because the group chat couldn't decide. 'Maybe.' 'Let me check.' 'Next month?' So I put on my lipstick, drove over there, sat at the bar by myself, and had one of the best meals of my year. That dinner started a whole new rule in my life: if I want to go, I'm going. Solo. Here's how I stopped letting my life sit in somebody else's inbox.
The Two-Hour Rule: How I Stopped Letting Sunday Scaries Steal My Whole Weekend
Self-care is not a bubble bath. It's not a face mask. And it's definitely not a $200 candle that smells like figs and disappointment. Real self-care is making sure your Monday-morning self doesn't want to fight your Sunday-night self. After years of trying every Sunday Reset trend, I figured out the truth — Sunday Scaries don't start on Sunday. They start on Friday. Here's the two-hour rule that fixed my whole weekend.