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You’ve Only Got 12 Fucks to Give Every Day. How Do You Spend Them?
You know how they say there are only so many hours in a day? And then you know how you immediately proceed to do that really cute thing where you overschedule yourself to the eyeballs, anyway, because...
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Your Decisions About Yourself Have Already Decided What Happens Next
What do you believe? That you’ll pull it off? Or that you’ll inevitably fail? Both are right. But only one will make you rich*. *Interpret that word as you may.
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A Tiger Doesn’t Ask Permission of the Gazelles to Sprint
Stop giving a shit about the stats. So you don’t have any subscribers? Who cares—you don’t need subscribers to put your best work out into the world. You don’t even need a website. Just start....
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The World Isn’t Your Mommy
You know what’s crazy? There’s not actually a team of people assigned to your life, sitting around monitoring your blood work, and your bank accounts, and the health of your relationships, jotting down...
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You Know Who Wants a 4-Hour Work Week? The People Who Have No Great Loves, No...
A couple weeks ago I was in Colombia. Right now, I’m in Costa Rica. Next week, I’ll be in the U.S. July 1st, I head to London for the summer. (Running our exciting VIP magazine photoshoots!) In August,...
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Spending Money is Not a Sacrifice, But a Strategy
Spending money is not a sacrifice, but a strategy. Most people don’t look at it like that, though, and so they spend less—and end up making less, too. But money is like a lever—which, not so...
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Having FUN Doesn’t Make You an Unprofessional Schmuck
Fun is underrated. We spend so much of our lives trying to get taken seriously, that fun becomes something we think of as shameful, dirty; something to be minimized in a professional setting. Giggles...
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“Knock, Knock, Motherfucker,” she said, batting her eyelashes.
The other day, folks from around the world met me on Twitter, like thieves in the night, and shared the answer to one simple question: What’s your #middlefingerproject? You can read through the stream...
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Plan on Doing It Wrong First
There’s this really scary fear of doing it wrong. Do you not do Instagram because you think you’re going to do it wrong? Do you not do yoga because you think you’re going to do it wrong? Do you not go...
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Seek Pleasure, And You Will Have Found Your Work
Procrastination is not a symptom of something that’s wrong with you, your brain, or your level of commitment—it’s a clue. Something is wrong with it. The thing you’re doing—do you really want to be...
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I Wrote This For The Ones Who Care What They Might Think
“Oh, but they’re going to say ________________________.” That I’m not really as smart as I think I am. That I’m not as good as ______. That I’m putting on a show. That I’m full of shit. Do yourself a...
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Are You Money Poor, Time Poor, Or Worse—Both?
There’s money poor, and there’s time poor. In order to be rich in one, most people give up the other. These two things are seemingly in constant battle with each other, pulling, tugging, yanking for...
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How to Get Unstuck, Stop Hating Yourself, and Do the Damn Thing, Once + For All
The secret? You’re either going to commit to it or you’re not. Deciding is 100% of the decision. The rest is simply a (happy) consequence.
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Hey! Nobody Cares What You Do! (Depressing, Until You Realize It’s POWER.)
It’s really easy to assume that other people know what’s best for us. The people above. The ones in charge. The bosses, the decision makers, the collective “they.” We do what they ask, eat what they...
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There’s a Difference Between What Something Appears to Cost You—And What...
“Ma’am…you don’t happen to have ninety cents on you, do you?” she asked, counting out change on a picnic table. “We’re just a tad bit short.” We were coming out of a Wawa in Clearwater Beach, Florida,...
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This is What I Pray for, More Than Anything: The Courage to Decline
Today’s my birthday! And on my birthday, I pray. (Which is hilarious to imagine, if you know me.) I pray for my well-being, and I pray for bliss; I pray for fulfillment, and I pray for rapture. I pray...
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Charging $600 Per Customer and *Earning* $600 Per Customer Are Two Entirely...
When you visit a theme park, you buy a ticket to get in. Maybe it’s $50, maybe it’s $100, maybe it’s even more. (If that’s the case, there better damn well be a unicorn-drawn carriage.) Expensive, but...
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Looks Aren’t Superficial When It Comes to Making Money
So I buy these B12 supplements the other day—BECAUSE APPARENTLY MY BODY IS ALL, OH, VITAMIN B, HAHA, THAT’S CUTE—and it comes in this sturdy little bottle that feels very important, and I’m all excited...
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Turn Your Preferences Into Little Policies—And Your Stress Levels Will Thank...
Know the way you work best. If you hate email, ask your clients to Vox you, instead. If you hate being that accessible, ask them to set up a call. If you never want to answer another Facebook message...
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If the Pressure Isn’t Worth It, Say, “Sayonara Bish.”
Is it worth the stress? It’s a metric we don’t consider enough. Is it worth the money? We ask ourselves that every day. Is it worth the time? We ask ourselves that, too. But something that might be...
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