Reflection

2020 has been a crazy year. It doesn't seem to be slowing down much, either. The pandemic has given me time to reflect about what's important, and what I believe. This morning, I was thinking about how I was raised with certain core values. Others I have come to over...

Notes from the Trenches

I was talking to a health care worker the other day, and they mentioned that they have several types of machines to do COVID tests in the hospital. The one machine they started with has been running pretty much 24 x 7 since March. It recently broke, and the hospital...

Joy and Loss

There's a lot going on for everyone right now. We're all struggling with new rules and parameters on things we can or should do, and things we can't. Some people seem to look for endless loopholes to justify their personal decisions, and others just shrug and...

Moving Business Online Checklist

This morning I got up and decided to do a little self- care and order some scones and a latte from a local shop that is doing curbside pickup during coronavirus. Their website was down, so I called the shop and let them know and made my order over the phone. They also...

Declaring an emergency

What's it like being someone in charge- at any level- having to make decisions about the health and welfare of our entire community? This week I found out. Last week, I started talking with a client of mine about the steps we needed to take to make sure all the...

Parenting Young Adults

I just read a great blog post by my friend, C.C. Chapman on parenting his kids as they become young adults. CC is also teaching at a college in Boston, so he has a great perspective on mentoring young people as they start to deal, gradually, with the expectations of...

Politics and Politicians

Right now, people are getting ready to run for office in local elections. Here in PA, this means County, Township and Borough positions will need to be filled. The primary and general election turnout in "off-years" like this one have the lowest turnouts, but people...

What I want in a Candidate

I had lunch with a good friend the other day, and we naturally started talking about politics. This happens a lot, especially since I am technically a politician. As a local elected official, I *guess* I'm a politician by definition or default, but I can't say I'm...

Blogging For Myself

I have about 10 blog posts here in draft form, things I've written because I just needed to get them out of my system, but things I'm not sure are ready for prime time, so to speak. The problem with being elected to office- even a small local office, is that I feel...

Whitney Hoffman

Hi There! I’m Whitney Hoffman. I currently work for Mingl Marketing and Comfort Media Group in Philadelphia, PA