When we’re young, we learn the happy parts of life fast. Small children have a genuine, real love for everything, and adults make a huge effort to preserve that naive happiness. Real life inevitably starts to break through the shimmering glow, no matter how hard adults try to shield little…

On November 26, I was summoned for jury duty. This relatively normal event was completely out of the blue for me. I’d managed to avoid doing this civic duty until age 35. For some reason, it really threw me off course. I was in a job that was making me…

The biggest perk of being a full time blogger is the freedom you have. You’re not chained to a 9–5 job. If you go for a walk to kill your 2 pm slump, there’s no manager to flip out at you. Don’t feel like working on a specific project? Shift…

Hiring an editor isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for business owners when they’re creating engaging content for their website. A web designer, sure… A content writer, maybe… However, an editor might be exactly what you’re in need of to get your content onto the screens of your…

Whether it’s a new decade, new year, or just your average Tuesday, it’s time to get your life together. I always feel like I have so many things to accomplish, and I never seem to complete very much. The best way to get through that ambitious list is to make…

Most industrial business owners are experts in their field, but are not as knowledgeable when it comes to the inner workings of the internet. You’ve likely heard people talking about SEO, you know it’s important for your website, and it’s supposed to be a good thing… But what is it? SEO…

After working really hard & trying to get paid, I managed to scrape up enough for a down payment on a condo. There was one that was perfect for me, and in my price range! Honestly, there was ONE in my city of 1.26 million people that hit all but…

An ex-boyfriend’s father once said to me “What the fuck happened to you when you were a kid, to make you never want children?” I know he was talking from a place of deep selfishness, a desire for me to provide him with grandkids, to carry on his mediocre family…

We’re all looking to find the secret of writing success. What’s THE THING? It’s there, it’s hanging over me, it’s presence is tangible. I can almost see it but if I try to look directly at it, it’s gone. …