Exactly one year ago I turned 23 years old. I woke up, went to work as usual, and managed to get through an entire day with less than five coworkers wishing me a Happy Birthday. The best part was probably spending my lunch “hour” (20 minutes) eating an iceberg lettuce (ick) salad at my desk by myself…
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Hi! I'm Monica O'Brien and I created this website in January 2008 as a place for twentysomething professionals who wanted to be a part of a personal and professional development community. Now, I've joined forces with the Brazen Careerist team to meet this goal on a larger scale. I continue to maintain this blog as a place to talk about what I'm learning as I tackle marriage, a start-up, and graduate school.

