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a look back 

   2011
-2022

Getting to where I am today took a decade of hard work, and it was definitely not a straight line to success. Here's a timeline of my journey. 

2012

APPLIED TO GRAD SCHOOL

GOT ACCEPTED TO GRAD SCHOOL

BEGAN WORK ON M.S.Ed IN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

WORKED FOR AT&T DURING GRAD SCHOOL 

2011

GRADUATED FROM SUNY POTSDAM WITH MY B.A. 

TOOK A GAP YEAR BEFORE GRADUATE SCHOOL

WORKED WITH CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM THROUGH NYSARC

This girl 
was going places!

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2013

MET MY FUTURE HUSBAND

COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP WITH NYS BOCES PROGRAM

2018

2014

GRADUATED FROM GRAD SCHOOL

TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH AND MOVED TO WA STATE WITH MR. CLAUSEN

KEPT MY HEAD DOWN AND WORKED THROUGH GRAD SCHOOL

2015

MOVED FROM BELLINGHAM WA TO SPOKANE WA

ADOPTED OUR BELOVED DOG RAVIOLI

WORKED FOR T MOBILE FULL-TIME 

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Entering my 
adventure era...

BEGAN WORKING FOR SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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2016

GOT ENGAGED TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!

BEGAN WORKING FULL-TIME FOR NORTH PINES MIDDLE SCHOOL

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This is when things started to change, I started asking myself tough questions about what I wanted from my career...

2017

SAID FAREWELL TO THE WORLD OF K-12 EDUCATION

MANIFESTED MY CURRENT CAREER BY WRITING IT DOWN IN A DREAM JOURNAL

WELCOMED OUR DAUGHTER ASTRID TO THE WORLD

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SURPRISE! WE ELOPED!

STARTED WORKING FOR WSU AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER

MOVED HOUSES

SPENT A YEAR BEING A NEW MAMA

2019

BEGAN WRITING AGAIN

2020

THE WORLD SHUT DOWN

 WORKED WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST ROCKSTARS OF THE EDUCATION WORLD

PLANNED A WEDDING (THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN...LITTLE DID WE KNOW) 

OUR WEDDING WAS CANCELLED :(

BONUS: WE SPENT TIME IN NY AND TOOK OUR HONEYMOON TO MAINE

STARTED WORKING FROM HOME AS A STAY-AT-HOME WORKING MAMA

VISITED FOUR NATIONAL PARKS- GLACIER, YELLOWSTONE, GRAND TIETON, AND ACADIA

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Many metaphorical and literal mountains were climbed...

2021

CELEBRATED OUR MARRIAGE AS A FAMILY (FINALLY)

STARTED DREAMING ABOUT LINDSAYCLAUSEN.COM

BEGAN WRITING HOW-TO PIECES FOR OTHER STAY-AT-HOME WORKING MAMAS

2022

LAUNCHED LINDSAYCLAUSEN.COM

STARTED WRITING "THE TYPEWRITER" MY FIRST FICTION PIECE

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Best day ever!

SET A GOAL TO HELP OTHER K-12 EDUCATORS MAKE THE SWITCH TO INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

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