Millions of people listened to my Y Combinator-backed startup’s story. This is what happened after everything fell apart. — Two summers ago, I attended a friend’s birthday party, a small gathering of around a dozen people on a roof in Crown Heights. I found myself talking to an assistant producer of a big podcast, who was a few years younger than me. …

October 2022 Update: You can preorder my debut novel, WE SHIP IT, here! It comes out in June 2023 with HarperCollins! I can’t believe I’m writing these words: I was lucky enough to get offers of representation from eight literary agents, a month after I began querying my first manuscript. …

Note: This article is intended for people who are healthy and have the luxury of choosing between cooking and ordering takeout. To all of us ordering a $20 pizza during another monotonous week of self-isolation— I get it. Life is hard right now. …

Today is World Mental Health Day, and I wanted to talk about one of my favorite topics: antidepressants. I have suffered from mild depression and anxiety for most of my life, but it took me a long time to feel like I was depressed ‘enough’ to seek treatment. Starting Wellbutrin…

Don’t save up all of your joy for the finish line — that faraway land of a ‘published success’. Celebrate the small, daily accomplishments. — That is the point, the purpose, the peak: to enjoy the world you inhabit when you write. — Heather Havrilesky After I read Heather Havrilesky’s advice column last summer, ‘Should I Quit My Day Job to Write a Book?’, I sat stunned. I then tweeted it, texted it to everyone…

My close family friend, whom I’ve known all her life and refer to as my sister, has just embarked upon the horrible and soul-crushing process of applying to full-time jobs. Last month, we stayed up late nights preparing for her first crucial interview at a company that she has been…

The simple yet effective ways that Medium helps you grow as a writer. When I was 21, I booked a 1-on-1 writing session. The coach was very helpful, and one piece of advice she gave stuck with me. …

I wrote the original version of this blog post back in 2015. It was a whole different world back then. Before #metoo. Before Trump got voted in over Hillary. The world’s way of reinforcing that when it comes to two imperfect candidates, the man will always win. This week, I…

For three years, I have been writing blog posts and throwing them out. I’ve hit ‘publish’ on exactly two stories. I write, but I don’t share — because I’m scared. I’m scared that no one will read what I write, and that anyone who reads it will think it’s bad. …