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Career Articles
How a Job Application Rekindled New Confidence in an Old Dream
I guess it started when they demoted me to customer service. It wasn’t exactly the career trajectory I envisioned for myself. Fresh out of college,…
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Why Quitting Your Job Will Be the Best and Worst Decision of Your Life
I quit my job in June of 2017. No, I didn’t have a plan. No, I didn’t have enough savings. No, I wasn’t entirely prepared…
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A Stay-at-Home Dad’s Guide to Marketing
If you can sell broccoli to a kid, you can sell anything Marketing isn’t hard. Sorry, let me rephrase that. Marketing isn’t hard when you’ve…
Adopt These 5 Frameworks When Life Hits You in the Face
Get out of your career, creative, or lifestyle rut The body and mind are incredible things. Miracles if you think about it. We live our…
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Feeling Stuck? Stop Looking for Complicated Solutions to Simple Problems
The ultimate problem-solving technique is right in front of you “Baking soda.” My friend adored my shiny stovetop, which until a few days prior, had been…
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This 104-Year-Old Former Girl Scout Leader Gives the Best Career Advice
Success, clarity, and creativity come with age We’ve all heard the stories of Colonel Sanders, Ray Kroc, and Julia Child finding success later in life. They’re…
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Life Articles
I Paid Off $27,256.10 of Debt in 442 Days—Here’s What I Learned
In January, I wrote an in-depth article outlining how my wife and I managed to pay off $14,383.15 of credit card debt in 366 days.…
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Happiness Is Quickly Becoming The Only Acceptable Feeling
I’ve never read a book before that made me instantly double-check the often ignored first few pages with all the publication and copyright information. As…
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Happymess: The Joy of Clutter
As much as I love tidiness, I’d rather live a life full of happymess.
How I Paid Off $14,383.15 of Credit Card Debt in 366 Days
While most people awoke the morning of January 1st, 2020 — blissfully unaware of the dumpster fire ahead — I awoke in a panic. No, I was not some…
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The 20 Things That Made Life Better in 2020
It’s been a while since I’ve written up a good ol’ listicle. And what better time to dust off my number listing skills than at…
What to Do When the Aimlessness Strikes
Don’t jump to hasty life decisions as I do I used to never understand the fuss around Christmas. The music, the decorations, the cookies. It all…
Creativity Articles
Take Back Your Timeline, Beat the Algorithm, and Curate Content That Keeps You Inspired
I unfollowed everyone on Twitter because I haven’t done a great job protecting my attention and focus. Instead, I used Twitter’s built-in Lists feature to be more intentional about the content I’m exposed to. After a few weeks, I’m spending less, but more dedicated, time on Twitter.
A Manifesto for the Online Writer Who’s Lost Their Love of Writing
Stop playing the viral slot machine My kid was anxious to buy his book about animal kingdoms. He’s 5 and possesses the consumer certainty only…
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The Write-When-You-Don’t-Feel-Like-Writing Advice is Crap
You don’t have to be a slave to your keyboard. I get the write-every-day-no-matter-what advice. I do. Having a daily habit of attempting to write is…
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Want to be more creative? Get comfortable in your own skin
Stop creating mass-produced imitations and make things only you can make. Imagine for a second, that you’re standing on a busy city sidewalk. The bustle swirls…
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Creativity looks different as a 30-year-old (versus a 20-year-old)
9 reasons to rethink how you look at creativity When I was 20, I put creativity on a pedestal. Now creativity is just another part…
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The 4 simple lessons that’ll make you a better writer
Advice I learned from a fiction author’s Masterclass What are the lessons that’ll make you a better writer? Finish the things you don’t want to…
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