If someone wants more than an entry-level salary, they first need to prove that they are able to do the job of the person above them.

The teamwork thing strikes me as funny for two reasons:
1. As an Xer, at least where I went to school, teamwork was called cheating, so I never learned how to do it properly. In the job place, I am happy to work as a team member but I really want it to be made clear what my role within the team is.

Have you tried fostering a dog? If you foster a dog through a rescue, you don't pay an adoption fee and they will pay any vet bills. Some of them will provide for all expenses. On the downside, you would have to give up the dog once someone showed up who could pay the adoption fee and take over expenses, but on the…

TBH, Android killing off its physical keyboard is what made me decide I might as well get the iPhone. iPhone's autocorrect is not even comparable to SwiftKey, but I really love some of the apps like Drafts and SleepCycle.

I went to one of the ten worst high school districts in the country (according to a Time magazine article) for preparing students for college, and I am pleased to say that I had some exceptional teachers and I ended up attending a selective college on a full tuition merit-based scholarship and eventually receiving a…

Once I went to a county fair in Texas with a couple of friends who brought almost no money and were hungry. I had very little money and we shared our food. The woman, who was a church worship leader and very very religious, stopped by a United Way booth. They were giving away free candy bars if you took a little…

But no healthy person can't go two hours without sipping it.

I would not hesitate to return a used item if, during said use, I realized it did not work as advertised or was of a lower quality than someone would reasonably expect at that price point. I'll send a new item back if it works perfectly but has a scratch on it, because I expect things with scratches to be discounted…

I don't buy snacks or sodas at the movies and I don't sneak them in either. I am not addressing this to you or anyone in particular (have to reply to someone though), but I really don't understand people not being able to comfortably get through 2-3 hours without eating and drinking. I know we need water, but the…

The Yankees have us over a barrel. My husband can't live without his games. We tried going "on vacation" and getting by with other services when the Yankees were not playing, but the problem with that is, it means we only have full-service TV when it is time for the end of the season for most series, and then a bunch…

I did a monologue audition today for an agent. I haven't been doing well with them, in spite of coaching and rehearsing them to death, as one might assume by the fact that I, as yet, have no agent.

My mom died when I was 30. I could write a book about the people who needed this diagram.

I like skiing BUT hate the cold. I don't like looking at things...palaces museums, scenery, whatever. I can't swim and I try to stay out of the sun. I have to be doing something or I am just not happy. When I have time off from my paid work I want to write or act, or do something to decrease clutter in the house or…

Lifehacking to lifehack, or to be more "productive" for the sake of being more "productive", is stupid. Lifehacking in response to a dissatisfaction with your life and/or to reach genuine goals is great. The trick is to just to what you need to do; lifehack with a purpose.

I'm kind of interested in hearing your examples of what would be an OK situation to accept a compliment and which ones would come off as smug, to you. I don't want to judge you too harshly over one comment, because sometimes I'll read a post and it will make me think of this one irritating person or situation, and…

I see this all the time with my piano and voice students. All. The. Time. They have all these "activities" — I have one that takes piano, is in choir, does track, cross-country, and tennis, and has taken up bass guitar, AND is in AP Math classes. He has been doing this for about 10 years. two activities. He has a lot…

If your salary doesn't meet your needs, or if you can't afford your health insurance, there aren't any perks that will help that. However, once my needs are met, many perks can save real time and money. Such as, if you can have packages delivered to your work address instead of your home, you don't have to worry about…

Technically, I now feel OK calling myself an actress because I just finished performing the lead role in a show at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, and I got paid for it, and I have a film shoot lined up for next month. But I really feel more comfortable saying, "I'm working on a few things, including acting" because…

What if your current work is something you are badly suited to, and are in the beginning stages of changing careers to something that you do have both an aptitude and a passion for?

I work out pretty hard, and have been for a few years. The main thing is that now, I have zero tolerance for not feeling good. Now that I work out, I basically always feel rested, no aches or pains, etc., with the occasional exception of soreness in whatever muscles I worked out (but a good soreness). When I was in…