Move to LA at twenty-two. Start a rock-and-roll band. Write loud, effects-laden songs and play shows at places like Spaceland and The Echo.
Make ends meet by working as a production assistant on commercials and music videos. Work with interesting and notorious directors. Drive around models and rock stars in your Volvo.
Decide music isn't a safe bet after all. Go back to school. Start interning at a small agency the summer between junior and senior year. Create and manage a Facebook page for a brand while still a student. Get hired full-time before you get your degree.
Work as a copywriter, take a sojourn as a strategist, come back to copywriting. Start writing and performing stand-up comedy.
Put on stand-up shows while also taking sketch comedy writing classes at Second City. Keep working. Keep writing.