I thought money was the motivator — I was dead wrong — Writing for internet strangers is hard work. It’s a mental game: you know if they’ll like your work until you press the shiny green submit button. Fear of judgment is enough to stop a would-be writer in their tracks. Oftentimes, other things get in the way. Here are five times…

Your best years of growth happen during this period. — It was sad boy summer for me every summer after college. I was a single person and didn’t think I deserved to be. After five years, I understand why I was out of the relationship game for so long. Spoiler alert: I needed time to grow into myself. I wouldn’t…

But only temporarily — here’s why — I’ve been away. To tell the truth, I’ve been so far away from any writing platform that I haven’t even thought about my articles. This is the first month in half a year I’ve taken it seriously, and man, did I miss it. Let’s address the elephant in the room Wah wah, my stats are down. It…

“Think about the person you were a year ago” — 21-year-old me makes present me cringe. Can you relate? I was stubborn, I didn’t like how I looked in the mirror, and the future scared me. The difference is that now I look forward to what life has in store. The person I was back then could’ve used these words…

How to identify your problems and choose 1–2 to solve — If you feel like a sorry sack of potatoes, read this. In my sophomore year of college, I developed an illness, forcing doctors’ hands to remove my tonsils. I was 20 then, and from what I’ve heard, the older you get, the worse a tonsillectomy is. So I went through…

Leverage skills and your money for double-whammy success — When I was a good little university post-grad, I lived with my parents and saved my hard-earned money. I was anxious for every second of it. My day job didn’t pay me enough to afford a 500-square-foot studio. …

Readers flock to your stories for two reasons — This is the blog version of a fit dude showing off unflexed abs in poor lighting. The abs are there, but there's no max-clarity edit, and the guy isn't flexing so hard he might sh!t his pants. We've all seen the "I made X dollars from one article." We can't…

This purchasing mindset is easy to learn and saves you money — If I’d moved into my own place after college, I’d be in big trouble. My spending habits were so atrocious that my parents practically begged me to come to live at home until I got a real, full-time gig. I finally moved out four years later, but not until I…