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I realized that I couldn’t do anything about my issues while I was at work and that more than just distracting myself, I was choosing to focus on the things I could do. 

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Fire tower watcher for the National Park Service. Months of just you and your lonesome and a bunch of trees.

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Every year, when I do my taxes, I play this game with myself: how much did my writing actually bring me?

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Somewhere around the time a drunken frat boy out for his 21st birthday hits rewind on Toby Keith’s “I Love This Bar” for the 100th time, tending bar starts seeming more like a job and less like a party.

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Fire tower watcher for the National Park Service. Months of just you and your lonesome and a bunch of trees.

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We take money for granted, sort of like having a roof over our heads and indoor toilets.

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What if I told you all the meaning you attach to yourself could change?

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If you have broken a bone, or are off with the flu, it’s so easy to call in sick and ask for time to recover.

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So, how can you tell if you’re in the wrong industry and what do you do to fix it?

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Too many people make the mistake of either accepting the first job they’re offered out of college or fall into the existential abyss and do nothing for a year while living in their parents’ basement.