“Approach every situation as one option among many…not your only option. Nothing in your twenties is a have to have. There is a time when your options will be more limited…but not in your twenties.” – 40-something, film producer, Los Angeles, CA Read more…
May 2012 archive
What’s On Your To Do List?
I just think that there’s a propensity for people to always have their To Do List. To make sure that they have these things accomplished today. They fill up their lives with all these things instead of fulfilling their lives with a few things that maybe really give them satisfaction. Instead of ever taking the time […] Read more…
Finding A Way To Do Something Inspired and Genuine
Earlier this spring I interviewed Amanda Hesser of Food52 for my “Finding Your Path” series on The Daily Muse. It was a true pleasure hearing her story of finding a way to do something in life “that was more genuine and inspired”. Bored with her economics and finance studies in college, and seeing a […] Read more…
3 Gifts for a 20-Something (68) – Reposted
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? ~1~ Travel cheap. Figure out a way to make it work. You think you have to get a job and that you will always have time but it’s a lot harder to do later. When you are […] Read more…
Things I Would Tell My 23-Year Old Self
things i wish i could tell my 23-year-old self By Gabi Moskowitz – You are enough, exactly as you are. – This vegan thing is not going to last. – You are not a lesbian. You are not even bisexual. Nice try, though. – Contribute more to your 401(k). – It’s not enough to […] Read more…
Yes You Can. Buy Art. In your 20s.
Portrait of Gertrude Stein by Picasso As I was reading last night I realized I had discovered a little bit of 40:20 Vision from Ernest Hemingway: “‘You can either buy clothes or buy pictures,’ she said. ‘It’s that simply. No one who is not very rich can do both.” – Gertrude Stein as “quoted” […] Read more…
To Stay Or Go: No Love or Money
Today’s question is from a 20-something who is strapped — having fallen out of love with her boyfriend she feels “stuck” financially to stay living with him until graduation college. What is your advice? Is there an easy way out? Q: I’ve been with my boyfriend for about 4&1/2 years. He “saved” me from a […] Read more…