How Dating is Like Job Hunting (and How to Succeed with Both)
A few weeks ago, I had a job interview and a first date on the same day. Later, I called my mom to talk about…
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How to Find More Time for Your Passion
Nearly everyone I know is squeezing something into the margins of their lives. They have day jobs, but they also have a passion project tugging…
Why My Journalism Degree Is Useful (Even Though I’m Not a Journalist)
In college, I majored in photojournalism, a major that more than one person reminded me was a dying profession. I’m rather stubborn, though, so I…
5 Questions to Ask Instead of ‘What Do You Do?’
Dating apps are not widely known for promoting social graces. So I shouldn’t have been surprised by my awkward interactions with a potential suitor. I…
From the Desk of an ‘Unemployable’ English Major
“So, what are you going to do with an English degree?” is a question I was often forced to answer as an undergraduate student at…
3 Steps for Falling in Love with Your Job
How do you know if you’re taking the right job, or if you have it already? It’s not merely a matter of being able to…
How My Best Friend and I Have Stayed Close for 25 Years
The first time I saw my best friend Sara, her wrist was in a cast covered in signatures. It was 1992, and we were in…
How a Quarter-Life Crisis Transformed My Life for the Better
When I turned 25, I started to feel an itch, like something needed to change. But I wasn’t sure just what that “something” was. At…
5 Ways an Internship Can Launch Your Career
My first internship was for a horse racetrack’s communications department. For some reason, I thought to be in communications meant we had a lax dress…
How I Ended up in a Career I Never Expected
If you had asked me at age 21, college diploma in hand, what I’d be doing in my 30s, I’d have told you confidently of…
