Category: Career
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Hate To Break It To You is a recurring feature wherein we dispense succinct home truths that everyone could benefit from facing up to, unpleasant as they may be. Photo by giarose Not everyone grows up to be Gandhi. Not all of us are meant to change the world and live capital L lives. There’s…
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The other night I was listening to a webcast from the excellent Amanda Palmer (I predict that her star is on the mainstream rise after the whole naked on the red carpet at the Golden Globes thing) while catching up on some email. At one point in the show, she was responding to Twitter questions…
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Today, kids, we’re going to talk about being unemployed. You’ve all heard the conventional wisdom about the need to get dressed every day, not sleep in until noon and to apply to positions as if it were your job (which it kinda is). And while I’m not going to dispute the idea that watching Judge…
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If you’re expecting some inspirational platitude about how each painful failure makes you that much more appreciative of eventual happiness, you should know by now to look elsewhere (or perhaps go listen to this while attempting not to cringe?). No, my argument is that heartbreak toughens you up, it strengthens your reflexes for dealing with…
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Last week, someone referred to me as a writer. I like the sound of that. So much more flattering than newly-unemployed former policy wonk/project manager (sounds like the name of an Alanis Morissette album, doesn’t it?). Writer has appeal not only because it links me with something I love to do, but also because it’s…
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It’s a bold assertion, but isn’t that what a new decade is for? Forget about vowing to lose 20 lbs, date more, be better about recycling. The only resolution you need is the one that involves getting more congruence in your life. Photo by sirwiseowl Tackling this resolution is a pretty simple process. In fact,…
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I’m writing this curled up on the couch in the family room of my parents’ house. The wood stove is crackling, I have a dog on either side of me and I’m enjoying a nice cup of tea* with almond milk. What better circumstances under which to talk about the dangers of complacency? Photo by…
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Sometimes, I will outline or partially write pieces and then just let them sit for a while until I feel the timing is appropriate to post them. Such is the case with this one. It’s been in the queue for ages, but has recently been on my mind again, as I’ve been reminding both myself…
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I want everything too much. -Rachel Berry, Glee Just yesterday, I wrote an email in which I used the phrase I want. Not I hope, I would like, I plan to. No, I want. It felt strange. Wanting is bold. It’s loaded with meaning. I want you. She wanted it. Wanting is not for the…
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I spent a good fifteen minutes clicking around TV Tropes yesterday in an effort to find a list of shows that have employed the device of having the rest of the cast freeze while one character addresses the audience. I could swear there are shows other than Saved By the Bell that have used this…
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