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In and Out of a Blogging Funk

March 31, 2012

Oh, hey. It’s me. And yes, I am fine. I’m actually doing quite well – I’ve been busy working, spending time with friends and family, applying for jobs in New York City, traveling, and getting back into a running routine. I’ve been trying to live my life more than document it, and for the last [...]

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Finding a Life Balance

February 20, 2012

Oh, hi there. Yeah, I’m still here. I realized this morning that it’s been a week since my last blog post, and while I don’t necessarily want to apologize, I’ve been doing some thinking about where my time has gone in the last week. Between balancing my 4-5 day a week job, exercising, job searching [...]

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Four Lessons Learned from Working in Retail

February 3, 2012

For the last few months, I’ve been working part-time at a retail job at a family-owned business. About eight years ago, when I was deep into unconventional and short-term job adventures, I headed home for the holiday season, and worked at this same shop to save up some money. These lessons can apply to any [...]

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Why I Stopped Checking In

January 30, 2012

When I was in Disney World in October, I noticed a lot of my friends were using Foursquare. It seemed like a good way to know who was where, so I signed up, and on and off for the next few months, I checked into places all the time. If you’ve never used a “checking [...]

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Five Techniques on Creating Blog Posts That Inspire

January 25, 2012

Whether you have a blog, or are thinking of starting one, there are a few techniques to come up with posts that you’re excited about writing, which, in turn, will probably inspire your readers. Note: If you don’t have a blog yet and want to, but aren’t sure what to write about, think about things [...]

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Get Off the Internet

January 23, 2012

After I got that reader email in December, we continued to write long emails back and forth, about job ideas, about vegetarian cooking, about living a life with passion. At some point in our writing, I stopped and thought – this would be much more effective on the phone. We can talk about all kinds [...]

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Act. Don’t React.

January 19, 2012

I’m in the middle of reading Seth Godin’s book Linchpin, and Laura Vanderkam’s book 168 Hours. Both have the same theme: Don’t waste your time reacting. Spending your time acting. The first thing I do in the morning, most of the time, as hard as I try to fight it, is to react. I open [...]