Rude Much?

Have you ever worked with someone so rude and unnecessarily mean-spirited you wondered how they’d managed to survive up to that point without being beaten mercilessly? You know, the sort of dude that goes out of his way to make your day at the cubicle...

Accomplishment: A Serious Confident Booster

Have you ever laid out wood flooring? If so, you know the epic torture that is cutting, hammering, crowbarring, re-cutting, re-hammering, and doing it all over again because the last piece you put down started to splinter. It sucks. But you know what?...

Be a Man: Hike Up a Mountain

Yes, I am going to write about hiking up a goddamn mountain and no, this is not one of my weekly fitness articles. While there are certainly many things to consider on the physical side before attempting to hike up a mountain (e.g. proper footwear, proper...

Lazy Summer: Staying Motivated

There’s just something about summer that screams “be a lazy turd.” It’s a time of year when many people are working less and vacationing more. School’s out and the grill’s on. Whether you’re on break from college or skipping work to hang...

Don’t Measure Your Success by Your Marriage Status

I’m at the point in my life where a good portion of my friends are getting or already are married. Despite all of the perks (freedom, not being nagged on a daily basis, money to spend on actual fun things), being single has its drawbacks for many. Talking...

Clean Up Your Act and Get Confident

There was a time, several years ago, when I lived in a dirty, dank apartment in Philadelphia, worked a dead-end job at a coffee shop and looked like a poster child for malnutrition. Today I live in a nice apartment, make a living as a writer and actually...

Go With The Flow

Sometimes, stupid rhymey sayings are actually applicable in real life: “Righty tighty, lefty loosey” “Beer than liquor, never sicker” “He who smelt it, dealt it” “Go with the flow.” “Go with the flow,” though it seems like a throwaway...

Do What Makes You Feel Powerful

When I’m up on stage playing guitar and singing for a bar full of drunken strangers, I’m on top of the g-damn world. This stands in sharp contrast to the way I used to feel when I’d get up to bat in Little League: I was terrified, because I honestly...

Root For Yourself

Some grown men paint their faces and wave around gigantic foam fingers to show their support for millionaire athletes. Others get dolled up like members of KISS and spend hours at a time screaming out ridiculous lyrics like “We’re kissin’...

Michael Jackson: The King of Pop (and Confidence)

Surely, you’ve seen one of his videos or live performances, but have you ever watched an interview Michael Jackson happened to give? Here he was, THE biggest star in the world – millions of album sold, numerous #1 hit, sold-out concerts – and...