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  • Stop Searching, Start Uncovering: Why “Go Find Your Purpose” is Flawed Advice

    We’re often bombarded with the advice to “go find your purpose.” It sounds inspiring, but is it actually helpful? Author Candy Valentino challenges this head-on in her book, Wealth Habits: “I hate to say it, but I have to say it: go find your purpose is just like follow your passions. It’s terrible advice.” Valentino’s…

  • How Local Businesses Taught Me to Dream Bigger: Lessons From 200 Emails

    Over the last two years I’ve contacted over 200 local small business owners and offered my services as a copywriter for free in exchange for a testimonial for my website. Queerly enough, not one owner took me up on my offer. I know it’s typical for a copywriter to reach out and hear nothing back…

  • Dish Soap

    When I first moved out of my parents’ house in the ’80s, I started buying my very own dish soap, among many other things. I didn’t use my mother’s choice because she used the cheapest she could find, usually a generic or an off-brand. Me? I wanted to use a real brand, the real deal…