Advice Advisor

Another crazy week ahead.

One of my obsessions is the ever-entertaining Advice Column. Relationship advice, business advice, crafting advice, cooking advice, etiquette advice... I LOVES IT ALL. Sure, many columns offer reductive rulings on dilemmas that are really subjective, but I adore nothing more than a witty, hardline take on a divisive issue!

One of the best writing assignments I ever had was in high school, writing the faux-advice column for the paper. Not only did I get to dish out advice, I got to write my own questions too! (give me a break, readership was probably only twice that of this blog) Ah the potential for searing social satire! For subtle, yet pointed digs at my vacuous classmates! Actually I was quite tame but I like to pretend I was very daring.

Anywho. Perhaps this is my not-so-subconscious desire to bring order to my hectic life, which is, as usual, in limbo. So one of the things I'd like to do in my blog writing is sharing the stuff I find most helpful. Advice for advice seekers. This will involve a lot of link love, and I'll try to stick to sharing from "qualified" professionals. As in, career advice givers.

Here are two tidbits (one practical, one pragmatic) that I culled from my latest stroll through Slate, my e-life coach. They are exceedingly useful as they are things I commonly fret about.

How to Charge Your Laptop
Apparently my system of running out the battery adhering to a theory of "cycles" just ain't true!

The Happiness Project: How to forgive an accident
Sounds odd, but very helpful to people (like me) who always sweat the small stuff.