Back in Season 5 of the Office, I remember a scene where Michael was ready to walk away from Dunder Mifflin to start a new paper company:
Pam: I’m going with him.
Jim: What? Pam!
Pam: I’m going.
Jim: Pam! You can’t be serious.
Pam: Michael, wait! I’m coming with you.
Michael: You are?
Pam: Yeah.
Michael: Okay. It’s going to be great.
Pam: [...]

I enjoy playing guitar, running, and cooking good food. At what point, though, can something you love to do become something that you can do for a living?
In other words, when can a hobby become a career?

I’m a huge fan of the Office. And though I mainly watch it for its witty comedy, I think there’s a lot to learn from the characters in Scranton, Pa. For example, here’s a blurb of what Pam says to Jim when she decides to leave graphic design school:

“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired . . . was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.” -Steve Jobs
Reality
These are hard times. Optimistic projections predict a rebound in the economy by the end of 2009. Pessimistic ones predict the self destruction of the United States. Lovely, [...]

“Don’t Be a Quitter”
Typically we think of being a “quitter” as something bad. There’s some truth to this. Deciding to quit, especially if it’s something important, can be a sign that you’re struggling or that you’ve given up. Nobody ever wants to say that they’ve given up on something worthwhile.
Worthwhile – that’s the key. We’ve [...]

Our current recession is all over the news. Some argue that we may never recover from this recession. Houses have been foreclosed and people are losing jobs at an alarming rate. Even Microsoft, one of the iconic companies of the Information Age, announced a slew of cuts that will leave highly talented individuals without a [...]

There’s a lot of talk about the economy and how bad things are right now. The worst part of all the layoff and economic troubles are still ahead of us. I used to read a lot about it all last semester. I agree that if you want to be a concerned and knowledgeable citizen, it’s [...]