She told all of us listening on the call that she literally had to make a sign that said “Ass in Chair” in order to motivate her to write.

I began thinking about times in my life, in all our lives when we really need to use an “Ass in Chair” mentality.

“It’s tough out there” has become the understatement of the decade. I have forsaken my Masters degree in search of something – anything – that will pay the bills, whoring my organization skills, typing skills, alphabetizing skills for a chance to beat out the competition.

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When I was young (compared to my ripe old age of 22) I wanted to be so many different things when I grew up …

Every once in a while you need to shock your system into reminding you that there’s more to life than the 12 inches in front of your face.  In my (and many people’s) case, that …

Whoever thought the famous “Real World” would be such a…bitch.

Customers are rude. Water is wet.

As I looked out from the window of the airplane heading from Narita, Japan to Los Angeles in the December of 2008, a stub of a one-way flight ticket in my hand, I reminisced on how the year started, and wondered where my life was headed.

The hardest part of finding a new job is often leaving the old one.