What’s that? You want to be awesome? Start putting in the work then.
Wishing things could be better is a stupid waste of your time. Why? Because wishing doesn’t do jack. We live in a culture where prestige, money, and talent are looked down on as somebody getting an unfair advantage in the world. You look at professional athletes, who used to be respected for how well they […]
Struggling? Make It Easy on Yourself
Affecting change in your life is difficult. Anybody who thinks it’s easy is fooling themselves. But that doesn’t mean that you should just shrug your shoulders and say, “Eh… it’s too hard.” Because nothing is too hard, really. The key to creating change and improving any part of your life is to break it down […]
Charity, Time, and Commitments: Being Honest With Your Limitations
If you were to take a brief glance at my current projects, off the top of my head, you’d see any of the following: Ongoing copy project for client (on retainer) Copy project for new client Marketing my copywriting to get new clients Bookkeeping for my business Write on a regular basis, mainly for this […]
Listen to Your Heart, and You’ll Find Happiness
I was floored by a recent work development. One of my clients keeps me on retainer, and I work directly with their head copy guy – a very smart, hard-working copywriter who I’ll call “Pete”. Pete has built his career over the past few years doing what I do: he’s a freelance copywriter. He writes […]
My Jeans, Your Life: 7 Lessons Learned from Buying Pants
I bought new pants last week. And the award for the most exciting opening line to a blog post is… Jeans are a big deal to me. I’ve never associated jeans with comfort. When I was younger, I was a sweatpants kid (and I looked as awesome as I felt). Being fidgety on a near-constant […]
Why Apps Can’t Replace Self-Control
There’s an app for everything – you know that. But the more disturbing and – to be honest – useless trend I’m seeing in apps is the type that “force” self control on you. You can automate anything you want in the world, and that’s great news for people who struggle with self-control. You can […]
Examining Your Different Roles in Life
This morning, I was reading a book called Early to Rise by Andy Traub (now available on Amazon!*). As you may or may not know, I’ve dedicated myself this year to becoming an early riser – getting up at 5am every morning. In the past week, I have successfully made the transition to regularly getting […]
Do It For More Than The Chicks
Back in the Stone Age, when MTV used to play actual music videos, as time wore on you saw musicians and artists developing a trend in the themes of their videos – particularly in the rap and hip-hop genre: the star was the center of attention, worshiped by those surrounding him. Draped all over the […]
My Goals for 2013: Writing, Running, and Reading
Sure, resolutions are easy to miss. In fact, nothing makes you feel inadequate like revisiting your resolutions from last year. But I’m not going to make resolutions – I’m going to make goals. Is that semantics? Yep. But a goal is something I strive for year-round. A resolution is something I say I’m going to […]