First month of the year is the best time to step it up, to get organized, to get in gear, and to make things happen. Since we’re now two weeks into 2007, it’s high time to get started! And, judging by the list below, we’ve got a lot of work to do in January alone.

Need a last-minute gift for your Chanukah honey? Been putting off a long holiday gift list because you just ain’t got the gelt? For the discriminating procrastinator, it may be difficult to find a gift that is both personal and readily available at a moment’s notice. Fortunately for those of us who find that the holidays (and birthdays, and anniversaries, and Valentine’s Day…) have an annoying way of sneaking up on us, there is no need to fear upcoming days of joy. There are loads of great last-minute gifts just waiting to be found.

Aprons, and t-shirts and thongs. Oh my!

A humorous look at the wonders of The Cubicle Job.

In this day and age of vanishing social security and corporate coffee, the employees of America spend lifetimes seeking the unquantifiable quality that can be summed up in just two elusive little words: job satisfaction. See how these young people do it their own way! Sara Cooper explores unusual jobs.

Leah Jones examines careers in non-profit and for-profit organizations.

These are the people who do the Day Job Disco Dance. By day they do the Day Job Shuffle, but by night they dance the Dream Job Hustle. It’s an intricate balance to achieve and it requires a heap of energy, dedication, and above all, unwavering faith. I’ve met CPAs who run their own company and use their vacation time to tour with their rock band.

One would think that I would love this holiday called Thanksgiving, but it falls off my radar screen year after year. I just don’t care about it, which might seem harsh. The truth is, I like the days off that are given to me, and I do end up spending them with friends and loved ones, and more often than not I fly home for the holiday. It is just that my family does not celebrate your Thanksgiving. And people have trouble understanding that.

Many of us employed in the nine-to-five life have thought to ourselves ‘I wish I had more free time,’ or cringe at the idea of spending day after day in the same office, with the same people, for years on end. Then there are those who are able to make a living in freelance, casual, or permanent part-time positions.

I have a very hard time saying NO to people who are pushy, especially if they are my friends. Help me, Shebrew!