Hey, friends.

I'm feeling so back-to-school this week. Autumn is coming, I'm wearing fresh kicks, I got my hair did. Plus, last week, we tore it up for the kick-off Berlin date of #TheHumanJukeboxProject. The show went SO well.

I've gotten a couple compliments recently about how I'm brave to be "pursuing my dreams" and how I "seem to have it more together than the rest of us." First, flattered. I mostly just try to be as honest as I can... and also, let's just chalk a lot of that up to my incredible email skills and strong Instagram game. (Also, never underestimate the value of getting yourself a professional headshot. Seriously, that's career-hack number one.)

But then I thought, there are three huge resources in my life that I can pass onto the rest of you.These are the only three books I've ever read more than once. Which surely reveals something, I guess, considering I was an English major.

Hey, friends.

Strong start to the morning. Just ate a super legit bacon and egg sandwich and there's soul music playing in this cafe-slash-bike-repair-shop place where I am currently sat. I'm in London! Hanging out, doing some work and some play for the week. A bit more work than play, but still. London!

I've had more than a few conversations recently about something I would like to call the middle ground. Naturally, must fill you in.

In the mainstream, college-graduating population of the United States, there seems to be this bizarre anti-spectrum of options when you graduate. On one side, you can get a giant corporate job (I will actually put Google and Facebook and other Tech Giants in this category now). A Grown-Up job. Doesn't matter if you hate it, it's Grown-Up.

Hey, friends.

Last week, a friend of mine came to me in a crisis. "A recruiter just sent me my dream job. I need to email these people back right away--oh man, I have to update my resume like, right this second. Why is my resume not updated? Oh no..."

Oh no, indeed. Resumes are, as we're all well aware, totally obnoxious. And weirdly personal. A lot of people probably get years and years into their career without anyone seeing their resume aside from a potential employer. (Plug: editing resumes is something I get hired to do from time to time because, you know, I'm weird and enjoy that sort of thing.)

It goes without saying that your resume should always be up-to-date. But I know that me even saying that has caused several of you to flinch. So, instead of reprimanding, please allow me to make your life easier with this one simple trick.

Hey, friends.

And a very happy Friday to you. I've been rehearsing all week as I gear up for the first leg of The Human Jukebox Project tour. You're all invited, should you find yourself in Berlin - shoot, you're invited no matter what.

I've just got a quick food-for-thought rant for you today. And it goes a little something like this: 
 

Be nice to everybody.

I guess that's not such a revelation. Let me try that again:
 

Be nice to everybody. Not just your boss, or your mentor, or the HR director. Everybody.

Hey, friends.

Last week, I spend a day in the countryside. You may remember from last week's email that I was headed outside of Berlin to meet with my producer/guitarist, Jan. City girl that I am, I didn't realize the level of rural we were talking about. Here's what my day looked like:

Your inbox would probably blow up if I tried to attach all the photos, but go check out the whole album when you have a minute.

So there I was, surrounded by sheep, dirt roads, and beautifully maintained 1960s analog studio equipment. I felt as if I was filming the German adaptation of The Commitments. And I was standing on the top of this hill, alone, head up towards the heavens...