On New Year’s Eve 2008, Cathy lost her job. For a year she floated a bit aimlessly, questioning herself, the absurd jobs she was considering and what she really wanted to do. The idea of going to an office was suffocating. The idea of children brought back fond memories of raising her children and her […]
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Interview with Ryan Nicodemus of The Minimalists
At the age of 28 Ryan Nicodemus & Joshua Fields Millburn had what they always wanted — six figure jobs, oversized houses, high priced cars, closets of clothes. The only thing missing? Happiness. If ‘stuff’, they decided, was not helping them find happiness, perhaps not having ‘stuff’ was how they would find it. They decided […]
The Man Who Lost His Job and Now Makes Pretzels
Last August Brock Coffman lost his job. Tired of the corporate world Brock decided to exit the rat race and recreate the pretzels he had enjoyed in Bavaria — in Denver. He began perfecting recipes in September. In December his pretzels were in his first Denver area brewery. Here is a bit of his story. […]
Psychic on Seeing Ghosts & Never (Ever) Using Ouija Boards
Cookie will tell you that all children have psychic abilities until about the age of 7 and then they ‘close’. The difference between Cookie and the vast majority of us is she never ‘closed’. She now uses this ability to provide guidance to others and to communicate with the other side. Here is a bit […]
Lost His Job, Made Beer
Scott Witsoe was unexpectedly laid off from his job. Faced with the idea of looking for a new one or seeing what he could do with his passion for brewing beer, he chose the latter. Almost a year to the day later he has a nanobrewery up and running, a tap room for customers, beer […]
28,000+ Facebook Followers,1.5 Yrs
Isaac Hinds has been in the fitness industry for over 12 years. He started as a fitness and body building participant and fan. He evolved his passion into building websites for athletes and then into body building and fitness photography. In 2004 he started hardbody.com. A year and a half ago he created the Hardbody […]