The One Thing I Would Have Liked To Say While On 20/20

While I love making money, my salary is not why I come into work every day. I love what I do. I’m passionate about being a community manager. And I am passionate about the people I am connecting with every day.

So to me, being transparent about my salary is no problem. Regardless of what that number is now, or in the future, the real value I am getting is from the skill set I’m developing and the journey of self discovery happening along the way.

Transparency is all relative to how good we feel about what we do. So how transparent are you?

Standing at a Crossroad: Am I Still a Millennial?

Because of blogging, my life took a complete one-eighty in less than a year. One day I was working in a cubicle, the next I was part of a startup. And as much as that whole scenario blew my freaking mind, I didn’t change via startup alone. The biggest changes actually occurred from within.

Events in our lives have a way of shifting our attitudes about certain things. Sometimes that’s bad, but then sometimes that’s really good. In my case, let’s just say that I’m a more seasoned millennial than I used to be.

And I think that’s a good thing. Because while I inherently see the world through the eyes of my generation, I’m starting to understand what Gen-Xers and Boomers are talking about.
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How I try to cope with my own anxiety

I have anxiety. And not the kind you get when employee reviews come around either. I’m talking about clinically-diagnosed, heart-palpitating, mind-numbing anxiety. It sucks. But I’ve learned to live with it.

The reason I’m sharing this is because the transition into adulthood is hard enough without having to deal with a mental defect. And considering that one out of every ten Americans suffer from some sort of depression, there are bound to be a few readers out there snagged by the mental funk I’ve dealt with for awhile now.
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Why I Won’t Regret Blogging Ten Years Later

My favorite part about blogging is conversing with the naysayers. Even the rude ones totally make my day. Because as soon as they start cursing, I know I’ve hit a topic that’s worth talking about.

With that said, there is a certain breed of haters out there that I could really do without – the ones that think age and experience always trump a solid, well thought opinion.
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