Why then, do we live our lives vicariously through these fictional manifestations? What stops us from being the authors of our own lives?

There are people that let things happen and there are people that make things happen.
I’ve spent most of my life being the prior.  Which has always been a difficult existence because most people assumed I was the latter.  In reality I’ve been an EXTREMELY lucky person.  That was likable enough that people went out of their way to help me.
And the Universe has been kind and caught me time and time again when I made foolish leaps without any thought or planning.  Even without the enticement of Tootsie Rolls (which …

There are things we have control over and there are things we don’t.
My old boss used to say this to me all the time when I’d get all feisty over company policies that I didn’t agree with.  And I used to get feisty.  I believe I’ve been known to throw stuff, scream, curse, stomp…fortunately in my adult life I can’t remember ever throwing myself on the ground and flailing my hands and feet into the floor in a noisy act of defiance.
I see this a lot in business and life …

The day is finally here.
I’ve written about it a bit before.  Mostly about how my friend Melissa (who did my FABULOUS headshot pics here on the website) summed it up to be “touching down” on the age that finally feels right for me.  And if the past 24 hours of awesomeness and smiles and love from friends and whatnot is any indication, “touching down” on my 30th birthday is already shaping up to be pretty swell.
Some other friends have written great birthday/age wisdom post recently, and I totally don’t know …

I grow tired of everyone assuming that living in the middle is a life unfulfilled.
Let’s face it…I’d say that 95% of us will never achieve the fame and fortune that we once dreamed of, exactly as we dreamed it.  Which is devastating to our gentle young professional generation.  As a group we were raised to get medals for participation (not winning) at every sports banquet.  Sliding scales and bell curves graded our work “more fairly.”  We’re taught that you should try to find Mr. Tall, Dark & Handsome to find …