: About Me

I'm a twenty-something living in one of the multitude of small communities that line the Chicago city-limits. I'm married and have two amazing kids that constantly provide me inspiration and subject matter for my writing. When I'm not working at my day-job in the health care industry, I'm usually writing, playing my guitar, enjoying the company of interesting people or contemplating with my wife the insanity of this modern America that we find ourselves in.

My passion is ...

My kids, my words, my music, my politics

My parents always told me ...

I'd be a writer or a lawyer

My first job ...

A bus boy at a vegetarian buffet outside Oakland, CA

Entertainment > Music (Other) Is listening to music at work calming or distracting?

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Music is not only calming, but often it is absolutely necessary for reducing the stress of the work environment. I know that many may disagree with me on this point and argue that stress is simply a part of work and that I should just "suck it up" and deal with it. In regards to that perspective, I will have to respectfully disagree. Music, in all of its forms and expressions, has the ability to change a person's mood and enhance a person's outlook on the day. For instance, many people spend their work-week in your typical soul-crushing office-cubicle environment where corporate culture ru...

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