Smile. It creates positive physiological change.
Whatever you build, youre building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie.
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.
Give me a window and I'll stare out it.
When I broke into music journalism it wasn't easy but there was more of an established path. I wanted and was able to have a grown-up person's job with a real salary writing for a fairly sizable audience about stuff I cared about. When you're starting out, you try to get as much experience as you can so people will see your work, and maybe start giving you the assignments you want, and paying you (hopefully both). And if you're lucky you land someplace where you can stay for a while. But today that's a trickier trajectory to envision.
I journal for about half an hour, and by the time that's done, the business day on the East Coast has begun. The phone starts to ring, and the rest of the day is spent dealing with the business of writing. My workday is done at about 3:00.
One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.