So Chris Guillebeau says that an annual review can be a great exercise to go through – take inventory of your past year’s successes and failures – so that’s what I’m doing here. Because I didn’t take meticulous notes over the past year, I decided to look through my tweets of the year (the last…
“Rights have to come from somewhere, and they come from the community. In return, all of us have a responsibility to the community.” – Randy Pausch What value do you provide to the world? This is the fundamental question that nobody is talking about. Everyone wants to talk about rights, especially in America: the right…
As I sat and talked with my mother the other day, the discussion turned to my career. At the moment, I am working to break into the direct mail copywriting arena, in hopes of landing some fun and lucrative projects, as opposed to the low-hanging fruit that I’ve been writing for the past year. She…
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world. – Helen Keller Picture life in a dark, silent box. This is the life of Helen Keller. At only 19 months old, Keller contracted an illness that took her sight and hearing. Thus began her…
