Source In a recent post, I proclaimed that you should make it your mission in life to do what you love. That’s easy enough to say but the big question is, how do you make it happen? Because social media has become so polished over the last few years, from the outside, it can seem [...]
Change it up! New year, new makeup. New year, new scent. New Year, new nails. I spent the first day of 2012 freshening up and organizing my surroundings. I stocked up on new cleaning supplies, shredded a stack of junk mail, vacuumed my office, pulled all the receipts out of my wallet, recycled a massive [...]
My brother Carey and I have always been close. Growing up, we took swimming lessons and Taekwondo together. We started our own businesses when we were teenagers and helped each other along the way. We both went to school for graphic design. And last year, we bought a house together. Friends may come and go [...]
Earlier this month, a reader emailed me, asking for advice. The more of her letter I read, the more it felt like an interview about life. I decided to share some of my answers with you because sometimes, no matter how well we plan and prepare, we still hit roadblocks. As John Lennon once sang, [...]
Sean Ward (Sean can be found at seanward.net): I remember my Dad wheeling the TV set over to the table so we could watch the Thriller video. That was the only allowed exception to the ‘no TV during dinner rule’ in my house. Nubby, what is your oldest or most formative Michael Jackson memory? Nubby [...]
Since the year is almost up, I’ve been giving some thought to my goals for 2009. It’s been a bit harder to define what I’d like to accomplish in the new year because I crossed off some pretty big things in 2008. I graduated with my second degree, landed my dream job, bought loads of [...]
1. The iconic I ♥ NY campaign (originally designed in 1977 by Milton Glaser) has undergone a face lift. 2. Amazing book covers of 2008! 3. Do art schools care about your GPA? 4. A dilemma that many luxury magazines are facing these days: How do you promote expensive goods without seeming out of touch [...]
1. Recession Chic: In troubled economic times, people may dress according to who they really are rather than who they want to be (via Business of Fashion). 2. The Helvetica edition of Moleskine is pretty much the best thing ever. 3. From now on, I am paying for everything with Chanel coins. 4. Click for [...]
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