Do Not What You Love; Do What You Are
One of the worst pieces of career advice that I bet each of you has not only gotten but given is to “do what you love.” Forget that.
Sitting and Watching
More interesting is what you see when you sit and watch yourself. You learn to step outside yourself, and act as an observer. You see your thoughts, and learn more about yourself than you ever could if you were rushing to take action.
How to Break Your Bad Financial Habits
1. Define your problem.
Before you can make any progress, financially or otherwise, you need to define your bad habit, and figure out how you would defeat it.
A Day in the Life of a Minimalist
Zen Habits, an insightful series of articles on how to achieve simplicity — in career, relationships and design — amidst the daily chaos of our western culture and lifestyle.
The Student’s Piggybank: Designers
5. Conferences If you’re too broke to afford attending a conference, download the podcasts. They’re usually available for free and include slides, videos or the audio/mp3 and you’re learning about current events in the real world, your future destination. Sometimes you can also volunteer at these events and meet people who are being talked about/working/hiring Read the full article…
The Perfect New Year’s Resolution
What I thought I knew was—that with each accomplishment—this would bring me closer to the perfection theme I sought out in my career, physical appearance, friendships, bank account, family, and spirituality. I practiced this redundancy for the past several years; without realizing that this “perfect” I pursued was never defined by the reality of my own authenticity.
The Art of Asking for Fewer Gifts
I feel like a bad person for it, but I don’t want my relatives to go out shopping for all these gifts for me or sending me money or anything like that. I’d much rather a few more chatty letters or the occasional visit.
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