"Muster every ounce of confidence I have"

Jared Breneman and David Smith are two friends of mine who also recently graduated from college. These two gentlemen, who I was glad to hang out with this evening are using their degrees in different ways. David has an eBay store Edge2Sell, where he is selling stuff on behalf of other people and taking a nice chunk of the sale price. Jared is mowing lawns. The former could spend a typical "work" day answering 10 phone calls and replying to 15 e-mails. The latter spends a typical work day getting up very early, driving an hour down the pike and mowing lawns all day, oftentimes picking up business on the fly by mowing lawns for anyone who asks. Both of these guys can make more than enough money at what they do. I find it interesting.

There are 8,766 hours in a year. Over the next year I will probably be working about 2,600 of those for my employer. That averages down to 52 hours per week. That sounds like plenty. The key to being happy at work is loving what you do. I think enjoying the company of your coworkers is key also. Let's hope Lisa and I both land in places where those two things are true.