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…
It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. I was watching A League of Their Own with my wife last night and this quote popped up, delivered by (my favorite actor) Tom Hanks. It was manager Jimmy Dugan’s response to Geena Davis’ character…
Today, November 22nd, is my last day at my customer service job. And boy-howdy, I’m not going to miss it! I’ve made some nice friends, but overall, I’m burned out and I’m tired. There are so many reasons why I love being an entrepreneur, and why I get all hyper and excited when I think…
It was December 31st, 2009, and I was sitting on the floor of an apartment full of boxes. My cats, Rusty and Chandler, wandered around rubbing their faces on the boxes while I leaned my head back against the wall and gazed out my giant living room window for one of the last times. I…
This Saturday, I am getting married. It’s a pretty big deal. As such, I’m a firm believer in pre-marriage counseling. Many marriages end in divorce these days, so I enjoyed taking the necessary steps to ensure a lifetime of commitment with me and my future wife. Pre-marriage counseling was a key cog in that plan….
