#36: Make 27 The Year To Remember.
I found the secret to keeping new year’s resolutions. Starting them on your birthday. Lucky for me, my birthday is January 21st –– not exactly on the January 1st date when there’s a flurry of overambitious resolutions made, but not too long after to get unmotivated and fall off the bandwagon completely. This year is going to be different. I’m only making 3 resolutions: Find the city that I want to be in. Start exploring the West Coast. Run and…
#35: New Years Eve In The Nation’s Capital.
What a great night!!
#31: Write For Your Local Paper.
It takes a lot of great people to pull together a good local magazine or blog that helps others discover all that’s happening in that region. I’m lucky to have contributed to both GRID Magazine and RVABusiness.com Blog more than 2 dozen times. How’d I do it? Heck, it wasn’t easy. It took guts, perseverance, interviewing and a dogged pursuit of what I believed in to make my stories matter. Now, 6 months and 24 published stories later: I know the heartbeat of Richmond. I know just how…
#29: Get A Job With Hamilton Beach.
A PR-Grad-Turned-Copywriter, it took me a while to find copywriting heaven… Who knew a 2-week temp assignment with a kitchen appliance brand would turn into a 3-month event or open the window to a career? Now –– One month and 32 best-selling kitchen appliances later –– I’ve learned a thing, or two, about how to win consumers’ hearts with a simple coffeemaker. I worked as a Radio Disney Groupie, festival planner, restaurant hostess, smoothie maker, amateur web developer,…
#20: Turn 26 In Your College Town.
I’m back in my college town. And I just turned 26. But I’m not in college any more. Such a weird feeling. But there’s no turning back now. Let’s do this. A hair past 25, I feel damn lucky for accomplishing so much so far: I’ve had cats, dogs, turtles, horses, rabbits, birds. I’ve done a road trip half-way across the country. I’ve lived in New Orleans for a summer. I’ve launched a bucket list blog. I’ve had 456 jobs (or…