Eliana Osborn

I look tired when I stay up too late. I also look tired if I get eight hours of sleep.

It is hard to find any real numbers about how many people do "direct sales" or how much money they make. The web is full of either big promises or pissed-off former sellers. What I do know, from bazillions of friends and family, is that making much more than pocket money means selling like a real job. Yes, it might be more flexible, but there’s no magic formula.

1. Write a damn letter.

I, like far too many women in this country and the world, have had a wide variety of experiences involving sexual harassment.

When did I discover that sterilization isn’t as cut and dry as it seems? While sitting in a hospital gown, signing my life away, awaiting surgery.

Being a person of faith isn’t cool. It is very personal to me and not something I like to talk about a lot, which goes counter to the whole idea of ‘sharing the good news of the gospel.’

I cried every single day of my life until I was 18 years old. I did not know this was abnormal.

Kirk Cameron in all his Growing Pains glory was the ideal crush. Unthreatening, goofy, good kid with very reasonable weekly conflicts. And a good smile. Always been a sucker for that.

Ray Nagin. Yes, the former New Orleans mayor who now has a criminal record. Let me explain.

The most important things my mother taught me included work from Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, Wham! and Whitney Houston.