It’s on you to make your work suck less — Since I’ve started writing about young professionalism, I’ve been surprised by how many people have reached out wanting to talk about work. The dialogue goes something like this: “I’m overwhelmed! I thought WFH would bring some relief, but work continues to consume my life. But hey, we’re young. …

5. An unused guest bedroom in your apartment — I read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild recently. A memoir about a 26-year-old heartbroken, divorced, recovering heroin user who sought spiritual enlightenment on the Pacific Crest Trail. Like most twentysomethings braving the outdoors for the first time, she was overconfident and didn’t study how to properly pack for a 1,100-mile trek. …

I kept therapy a secret for over a year — Until now, two people knew that I had gone to therapy. My girlfriend and my friend Subbarao — He had asked me nicely while we were out one night. Otherwise, I kept it a secret. I remember my hands shaking during my first session. Sitting on the couch across from…

#1 — If money is the issue, you don’t have a problem — Seth Godin wrote that the easiest way to get rich is to inherit. “This is the second best — knowledge and some discipline.” I’m in the latter camp. My finance habits came through reading, listening to my parents, and making a shit ton of mistakes. Like so many mistakes. Here’s…

Even if you don’t know what to write about — If there’s anything I want you to take away from this article, it’s this… Don’t let Substack intimidate you. Treat it like any other social media platform because that’s all it is. Substack is a place to share… You. Your art, your ideas, your absurd, beautiful thoughts that some people…

Learn how to hold your fire — Ever type a long, emotionally charged letter/text to someone and end up not sending it? I have. I can think of two. I typed an email to a manager I had during an internship. This guy was nuts. His marriage was falling apart, and he was taking it out on…

This was my key to writing more articles and getting stuff done at work — I have six years’ worth of journals stacked up in my closet. I know… I’m a maniac. Why did I get into journaling? Honestly, I don’t remember. I knew some seriously successful people journaled, which was good enough for me. Either it was a coincidence that Marcus Aurelius, Cheryl Strayed…

I can’t stop talking about these reads — Some books just shake you to the core. The writer Tyler Cowen calls these “quake books.” Stories full of adventure that simultaneously scare the bejesus out of us and inspire us to do more. Here are 5 non-fiction adventure books that you will be talking about for weeks — stories…

4 tools I use to get excited about running — I’m training for my 3rd marathon. It’s not my first rodeo, but that funny feeling still slaps me in the face whenever I lace up a pair of running shoes. “You don’t have to do this.” “You can take the day off.” “It’s way too hot outside anyway.” The writer…