Carrie Fisher is going to reprise her role as Princess Leia in the upcoming Star Wars films, and did a Q+A with Palm Beach Illustrated about her career. Don't we all strive for nice bedrooms?

Dr. Meg Jay is a clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Virginia who has a book out about why your twenties matter so much.

Second and third and fourth and fifth jobs.

Nepotism existed long before Downtown Abbey deftly displayed its perks. When I interviewed J. Robin Baitz, a Tony award-winning playwright, about breaking in, he said that nepotism is far more pervasive than most folks realize. “There’s this whole world of people who are just connected. It’s your worst fears always, come true.”

It’s easy to resent those who chose their parents more wisely, but kvetching about it is (almost) as obnoxious.

For starters, stingy CEOs, global economic pressures, and technological advances have made it necessary to Do-It-Yourself. Most businesses, even publicly traded Fortune 500 ones, still promote from within. Henry Ford’s great-grandson William Clay Ford, Jr. serves as the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company. The CEO of McGraw-Hill Companies is Harold Whittlesey McGraw III. It’s grating when those with trust funds, clan crests, or Ivy League logos dismiss what these privileges provide. That said, we shouldn’t inflate their value—we should find a way to beat it.

As someone who has worked for a lot of people who didn't "get it," and is now fully self-employed, I fully support Moe Tkacik's new venture. Her announcement and her ideas for how she plans on earning money can be read here.

I love the idea that you can have more than one calling

Billfold pal Jessica Gross asked a bunch of famous people about one of their "great moments in inspiration" for The New York Times Magazine, and even though I am not a famous person, I'm going to go ahead and write about a moment when I was inspired right here on this blog, because I'm allowed to do that.

I think we would stop wondering if women could have it all if we stopped asking if women if they decided to choose their careers over having children.