Actually, what she told me was that I should become a technical writer. Given that I had to ask a friend to set up my DVD player, this seemed like a mistake.

Instead I opted to try to make what I do anyway - write stuff unrelated to technical things - into a real actual job. Those of you who have recently had to use appliance instructions should be very grateful.

Figuring out what you want to do is one thing. Making it happen? Totally a whole other animal. What I've learned is that you have to hit the job search on as many fronts as possible.