about

My name is Elly and I am 18 years old. I live in Michigan and I graduated High School in '07. I'm currently attending a great college, but I'm home for the summer. It's too nice outside to sit on the computer all day, so I might not be as active on here as I would like.

I guess a good way to describe me is experienced. I've discovered a lot about life and I can't wait to discover more... while having fun at the same time of course! ...BUT, like everyone, I have experienced things in life that I rather wish I hadn't. And I also feel that those bad experiences qualify me to help others with this column.

I have been in a serious relationship for over two and a half years now. I personally know that love is a difficult thing to nurture. It takes a lot of work. Life is NOT a fairytale where two people can simply love each other and everything will just fall into place. It doesn't work like that in the real world.

People on Advicenators are starting to disappoint me. Everyone says "ooh I want to help! I've experienced EVERYTHING!" Yet, I can't tell you how many questions I see with answers like "you could have googled that" or "we're not going to do your homework" or "I'm so sick of 'wow does he like me?!' questions." I used to sort of be like that, but now I realize how hypocritical that is. If I know the answer to a question, I will answer to the best of my ability without making you feel stupid for asking it in the first place. Advicenators is going to turn into a pretty nasty place if people just keep brushing off questions like that.

Rate or don't rate. I really don't care. But don't give me a 1 just because I tell you something you don't want to hear. Go to your mom for advice if you want sugarcoated answers.

I can give excellent advice on:
relationships/sex
friendship
family issues
anything about animals (i worked at a vet for several years)
college

advice

I would really love to become an advice columnist, no matter how crazy that sounds. I know lots of young hopefuls would like to be one as well but you know.
I'm just not sure how I would become one, would I need to take a course in something or what, any ideas?

Hey, that's not crazy at all!

There are a number of ways you could become an advice columnist:

-Start your own advice website. Mind you, managing a website can be very stressful and you'd have to know HTML and JavaScript very well. Not to mention have lots of time to update the website everyday once the site gets more popular.

-Become a journalist for a newspaper. Go to college and get a degree in journalism. Get a job at the newspaper of your choice. Work your way up in the system. And you'll be able to start your own advice column!

-You could send your resume to magazines and perhaps get hired to do a column that way.

-Start your own newspaper and run a column that way.


In the end, if you want to have a professional advice column, you're going to need to take some type of Journalism course, and maybe a phsycology course or two. When you go to college, talk to your couselor and ask people who work in the field for advice.

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(Rating: 5) Thanks a lot, well I'm already studying psychology at school, so I guess that'll help. : )
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