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I work too much and I know it.But there’s just something about getting things done that makes me feel accomplished and invigorated…until I burn out and turn into a lump. Yes. A lump. A gigantic lump of stress, worry, and disappointment. A lump that makes for a poor conversationalist. You know exactly what I’m talking about. You’ve done it too and you hate the [...]

Happy seems to be quite in vogue these days. Between books like The Happiness Project and major merchandise deals surrounding Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love, the culture of happy is just…wow. It’s a money maker. It’s a life changer. It’s a mover and a shaker. OK, enough with the rhymes, but you get the picture. Happiness and its pursuit have been a dominant theme in contemporary pop culture. Being a hopeless optimist, I’m actually kind of glad [...]

Yesterday, I ate my lunch alone. Actually, I eat lunch alone quite a bit, and you know what, it’s really ok.
Look, I know that they’ve written books about how you shouldn’t eat alone, but I value the few moments I have in my day when I can just stop and think. If you know me outside of this blog, you know that I’m a work like mad kind of person. I look angry when I [...]

So, I’m trying out something new and I’m really quite excited about it. : )
It’s called Business 2 Blogger. Ok, just by looking at it you can guess that it has something to do with blogging and businesses, but I promise that it seems a whole lot cooler. Basically, it’s this free service that hooks up bloggers with some paid writing gigs. Since I’m putting myself through graduate school and have a very hungry kitty [...]

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Alright, who decided it’s cool to be negative?
Looking back, I think it started in elementary school, when suddenly things became divided into categories. Things were cool or lame. Activities were exciting or stupid. People were all of the above.
And although we’re expected to mature as we age, I often find that very little has changed in the negativity department. In both my personal and professional life, I’ve encountered quite a few [...]