What’s your biggest fear as a writer online?

“No one reads what I write.”

“That no one will pay attention to my writing.”

“Complete lack of interest from readers.”

These were the first three responses on a recent survey I did.

Oof.

It seems many of us have a lot…

At 11 AM on a Friday, I felt a ginormous frog in my throat.

Not because I was about to cry, but because I felt an avalanche of pressure crashing down on my head.

• Incoming hospital bills.
• People not doing what they’re supposed to be doing.
• People I care about…

Welcome back to my weekly newsletter here at the Post-Grad Survival Guide.

My goal is simple: To help you thrive in your 20’s, not survive. 💪

Maybe I should rename the pub to Post-Grad Surthrival Guide? Too weird? Okay, fair enough.

As many of you know, I’ve made my living…

Ten years ago I graduated high school.

It feels like yesterday.

Four years ago I visited the Philippines for the first time.

It feels like yesterday.

I’ve come to the weird realization recently that I do NOT have all the time in the world. At 21 years old I felt…

It felt like someone was blowing up a balloon right behind my eyebrows.

I get that feeling around 11 AM every day.

At this time I’ve been working for three and a half hours, and I’m starting to feel like death.

Normally, like the OCD fuckface that I am, I…

“I’m waiting for complete global economic carnage so that we can weed out the B and C and D players.”

-Gary Vaynerchuk

This quote from Gary Vee’s vlog a few years ago put the fear of God in me.

What’s it mean?

Basically he’s waiting for a global economic meltdown…

“Adapt or die,” said Billy Beane.

The story behind 2011’s Moneyball is remarkable.

Billy Beane is the general manager of the Oakland Athletics. After three of his biggest stars are lost in free agency, Billy must find a way to win at a losing game.

What losing game?

Well, the…

“Focus on getting better, not being perfect.”

“Woah Tom, I never thought of that before,” my sister said.

My sister and I were chatting about her Yoga classes.

She’s a brilliant Physician’s Assistant, and teaches Yoga on the side online. We talked about teaching and how difficult it is.

“I’m…