AJ West

AJ West has years of writing under her belt for a variety of mass media, artists and musicians. AJ specializes in press kits and releases, biographies, websites and magazines. She has certificates in creative and technical writing. She is a featured writer on Talentspeaks and a poet on Talent Database.

Posts by AJ West

How to Free Yourself from Paper Clutter

I frequently chase the dream of being paperless. But I have come to the brink of acceptance: for me, it will never be wholly achievable. You will always need some papers to actually exist in physical form. Even with the theory of a paperless office, clutter still manages to amass somewhere…

How to Break-Up With a Friend

Friendships make up a huge chunk of our support system. They are the glue that holds it all together. If one friendship disappears, a gaping hole is left in the support web. But sometimes in life, it is necessary to let go of people that no longer serve as a…

How to Back-up Your Life

Too often people go through life with a tunnel vision approach of how they plan to go about their daily activities, long term goals and work related endeavors. Any well thought-out strategy is successful because the planners know that “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”. Life is always tossing in…

How to Write a Personal Mission Statement to Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever

“Your actions are your only possessions.” – Lao Tse This is an excellent personal development statement to ponder as we watch 2007 dissolve into dust. Most of you made personal, one sentence resolutions like “I want to lose weight” or “I vow to go back to school.” It is a tradition to start the New Year with…