Don’t Define Your Career In Negatives

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I'm certain you've been asked by others (and asked yourself), what your career is 'about" or "what you do."  If you haven't, chances are you're reading this blog by accident.

Anyway, when you're asked (or ask yourself) that question, I'm sure you can spout forth a list.  There's what you do, who you interact with, and what you don't do.  We often are aware of the former, but I find people will often go into lists of what they don't do, what their career is not about, with surprising ease.  It's almost as if we are more aware of the positives than the negatives.

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Combining Careers and Interests: What Do You Make?

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Previous: Doing what you like.

Are you making something you care about?  Does your job or career produce the books you love, the services you care about, the games you like?  Does your job make things meaningful to your geeky or fannish heart, even if what you do may not seem like something a raging fan, nerd, geek, or otaku would do?

If so, then you've had a valuable lesson – that sometimes you can find fulfillment in being a profane not by what you do directly, but by the results of that action.

If you don't have this situation . . . then read on

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Review: Lulu.com

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PROS:
* Helpful wizard-like publishing tools let you get out a book pretty easily.
* Many, many options and extras.
* Print quality is decent to excellent.

CONS:
* Site arrangement is not the most helpful – clearly shows signs of continual growth.
* Help is plentiful, but not always clear.

SUMMARY: Lulu.com lets you create your own books, calendars, CD's, and more – as well as sell them.  What's not to love?

So finally, my review of Lulu.com.  I held off as I was trying out several different features and processes, and wanted to be able to give a comprehensive review of everything.

This is that review.

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