If you’re frustrated because you’re not getting what you want, stop for a second: Have you actually flat-out asked for it? If you haven’t, stop complaining. You can’t expect the world to read your mind. You have to put it out there, and sometimes putting it out there is as simple as just saying, “Hey, can I have that?

I didn't have weekends for the longest time and it felt so indulgent to finally have weekends.

Our lives are so visual now, with social media and we're constantly shifting gears. Nobody requires a table of contents. Nobody requires that one page leads to the next page, we're okay being surprised by things that are eclectic.

Forcing me to figure out how to provide for myself was probably one of the best things my parents ever did for me.

What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.

I wanted to do something really visual and photogenic.

The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.