You know what they say: everyone has their thing…. …that sends such an intense and terrible shiver down their spine that they’re rendered totally speechless. That comes in every shape and flavor and never ceases to be oddly specific and potentially harmless-seeming to everyone else but you. For instance: If a piece of pizza has flour on the underside of the crust and I hear it slide across a paper plate, I nearly faint. A friend of mine is so disconcerted by the idea of a

How are you feeling today? I woke up this morning with a lump in my throat the size of the jawbreaker that broke Ilana’s tooth in Season 1 of Broad City (thus scarring me forever). Maybe I’m coming down with the emotional flu. If the jacket I’m wearing featured bricks as shoulder pads, perhaps I’d have a funnier explanation as to why I’m dragging like the dirty hems of my bell-bottoms circa 2004. I feel I’ve eaten 300 Sour Patch Kids that, contrary to all

The gold banner had these words stitched upon its face: “Forward, out of error. Leave behind the night. Forward through the Darkness. Forward into light.” The banner was often in the care of suffragist Inez Milholland who led multiple suffrage parades from 1911 through 1913. It was the adopted motto of the National Woman’s Party, one of many organizations leading the charge for the right to vote for women at the turn of the last century. Milholland, a Brooklyn-born lawyer, socialite and

I knew leaving my position at an established company to join a startup was a risky move. Unfortunately this proved itself irreversibly true a mere few months in, when a vacancy in funding meant there was no longer a spot for me. I was let go. Initially I wasn’t too broken up about it; the newfound freedom felt like heaven. But soon enough, reality set in. And then panic. New York City is one of the most expensive cities in the world. How will I pay for my life? For anything? I was paralyzed with

People think being the best you is this long, epic journey of self-discovery, hard work and therapy. But really, it’s as easy as forming key habits and really sticking to them. Here are a few tips on how to be the best you while exerting little to no effort. A HEALTHY START I know you like to wake up at 7 a.m., but exercise is more important than you realize. A quick workout in the morning will make all the difference. 6 a.m. won’t feel as early as you think. Knock that back ten minutes