Posts for Life After College by Jenny Blake


Live for the Dip

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
August 31, 2010 at 9:30 am
Dips & Stomach Flips I gave my first talk on goal-setting at a bookstore last week and I bombed. My friends and family might tell you otherwise…and ... (more)

Reader Q&A: How Can I Finance SXSW (my big, scary goal)?

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
August 25, 2010 at 3:15 am
With South-by-Southwest panel submitters campaigning for the popular vote, SXSWi has definitely been a hot topic of conversation (at least among us online nerds) ... (more)

I’m Sorry I’ve Been MIA (& Links Galore)

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
August 18, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I feel like I just sent myself to my room: GROUNDED due to blog neglect. And don’t come out until you are ready to apologize! So here I emerge, tail between ... (more)

I’d love your input: Which picture for the back cover of the book?

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
August 8, 2010 at 10:58 am
Exciting times, my friends! I just got back from L.A. where I took author portraits at my alma mater (Go Bruins!) with my mom’s childhood friend – ... (more)

A Little Slice of Heaven: 20 Life Lessons I Learned on the Rogue River

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
July 27, 2010 at 1:10 am
If pictures speak 1,000 words, I’ll let the first one in this post express the total calm and beauty I experienced on my river trip last week. I loved every ... (more)

Gone Fishin’

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
July 15, 2010 at 2:10 am
I just read an awesome book, The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas, and it inspired me to post this next update as a doodle:    That’s ... (more)

The Sweet Sting of Rejection

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
July 12, 2010 at 1:07 am
I love chocolate-covered pretzels for their salty-sweet deliciousness. Rejection has similar contrasting qualities for me. At first it feels like salt in an open ... (more)

Video: Suze Orman Book Giveaway

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
July 3, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I know you are all probably out barbecuing, soaking up the sun and generally unwinding – or so I hope – but it’s book giveaway time again! I ... (more)

Freedom: My Money Manifesto

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
June 27, 2010 at 11:26 pm
This post is a submission for the 20SB Blog Carnival on Friends & Money. The blog carnival is sponsored by Charles Schwab, which happens to be my long-time ... (more)

Success Demons…and a Signed Contract

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
June 17, 2010 at 10:32 pm
I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Partly because of the book deal, but partly because I got propped up by a small army of support these last two weeks ... (more)

LAC Book: Crowd-Sourced Wisdom for College Grads – It’s not too late to join in the fun!

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
June 14, 2010 at 12:20 am
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to those of you who participated in the epic two-hour #u30pro chat last week – we had over 1,300 tweets (transcript ... (more)

Ladies and Gents we have a BOOK DEAL!!! Want in? Read on.

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
June 9, 2010 at 8:54 pm
That’s a random picture of me looking really happy (slash weird). Crazy SF wind! I type this post with almost as much excitement as the time Suze Orman said ... (more)

Serendipity & The Art of Being Alone

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
June 8, 2010 at 11:38 am
View of NYC from my Hotel This just in: the woe is me cloud from two weeks ago lifted this past weekend and I’ve never felt more myself. Wuhoo! On a recent ... (more)

Guest Post: How I Outsource My Life to Over 13 People (by Gopi Kallayil)

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
June 2, 2010 at 10:21 am
Note from Jenny: When my friend and fellow Googler Gopi Kallayil first told me he outsources his life to over a dozen people, my jaw dropped in awe. I’m ... (more)

What if I was just myself?

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
May 26, 2010 at 12:14 am
The last time I was in Las Vegas with my high school friends, I sprung up from a six-hour stint of lounging in bed to write a blog post titled Stop Auditioning ... (more)

May Mash-Up: Random Thoughts, Quotes, Advice & Links

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
May 20, 2010 at 7:09 pm
I’d like to take a quick break from my regular programming to bring you another hodge-podge post in which I just throw out random links, features, quotes ... (more)

My Sandboxed Life

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
May 17, 2010 at 10:19 am
“Is the life you’re living worth the price you’re paying for it?” —Quote from a Managing Your Energy class I recently took If you bear ... (more)

8 Ways to Organize Your Life with Google Docs

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
May 9, 2010 at 10:32 pm
This is a re-print of a guest post I did last week for the Google for Students company blog. They’re hosting a series of guest posts from Googlers who blog, and I was lucky ... (more)

Guest Post: Avoid Becoming a Health Cliche

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
May 5, 2010 at 10:47 am
Jenny’s Note: This is a guest post from Matt Gartland, an awesome blogger I met at SXSW. Matt blogs at Healthy Lifestyle Design and Untemplater – and I love what he ... (more)

Promotions: 10 Tips for Moving Up the Corporate Ladder

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 29, 2010 at 9:09 pm
I recently had the honor of being the featured guest on ChaChanna Simpson’s BlogTalkRadio Show, A Stellar Day with ChaChanna. The 45-minute show, “Movin’ on up ... (more)

Networking Awesomely: Get the Right Systems in Place

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 21, 2010 at 9:53 am
Today my friend Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle launches his mega ebook – Networking Awesomely – and I’m excited to be a guest contributor! My excerpt is below ... (more)

Celebrating The Book of Awesome (& Giveaway!)

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 15, 2010 at 10:26 am
Neil Pasricha describes himself as a “boring guy with a nine-to-five job,” but let me tell you – he is much, much more. Neil is humble and incredibly kind, and ... (more)

Video Post: Life is Like a Box of Cupcakes

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 11, 2010 at 10:59 pm
While at Sprinkles Cupcakes today I couldn’t resist but film a little video for you. In this video, I give thanks to my lovely readers (that’s you, hot stuff), share ... (more)

Memo: You Are Not Your Job

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 7, 2010 at 9:22 pm
I find it easy to get buried in the busyness of work. Scratch that. I find it easy for my entire identity to get wrapped up in my work. Sometimes I don’t even know who I ... (more)

Domesticating Jaguars: Let’s All Learn from My Crazy Dream

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 30, 2010 at 7:33 am
The other night I had the most vivid dream. I was talking on my cell phone while at this dry, dusty, fenced-in dog park…but for jaguars. JAGUARS. A Peek Inside My Crazy Brain ... (more)