Posts for Life After College by Jenny Blake


Guest Post: Why Successful People Are Crazy — and You Should Be Too — by Eric Lunsford

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
May 7, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Greetings from the road! The pictures above were taken at the Uluwatu Temple in Bali, a magical place filled with monkeys who will give you (and your stuff) the side-eye, waiting ... (more)

$100 Start-up Only72 Sale Starts Today! $1,000 Business Products for $100

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 30, 2012 at 11:30 am
Happy Monday everyone! I’m running around like a mad-woman today getting ready to leave for Bali & Thailand (eee!) but wanted to let you all know that the latest greatest ... (more)

Guest Post: Happiness. No Stuff Required. By Bryan Cohen

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 27, 2012 at 11:00 am
Note from Jenny: I’m excited to host Bryan Cohen on one of his 61 stops in 61 days (!!) for The Happiness Blog Tour to promotie his new book The Post-College Guide to ... (more)

JBE Travel Update: Heading to Bali & Thailand for the Month of May!

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 24, 2012 at 7:30 am
That’s right . . . Jenny Blake Enterprises is going rogue! One of the big reasons behind wanting to work for myself was the freedom to travel and set my own schedule. And ... (more)

You’re Invited! Start a Blog that Matters Webinar with Corbett Barr of Think Traffic

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 17, 2012 at 10:24 am
Tip-toeing around the idea of starting a blog? Itching to be heard but nervous about how to get started and find your voice? Got something under way but not sure how to sink into ... (more)

New Template: Plan Your Next Career Move

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 11, 2012 at 8:27 am
It’s time to welcome Template #21 to the Life After College collection! I developed the Plan Your Next Career Move template after working with several coaching clients to ... (more)

ThinkQAction TV Video Interview: How do you move past fear to find your passion?

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 9, 2012 at 9:24 am
There are several career advice cliches that really get under my skin (see my Open Letter to Love for a rant on relationship-related cliches): Find a mentor! Follow your passion! Do ... (more)

How Can I Love My Fear? Handwritten Notes on Acceptance, Love and Growth

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
April 2, 2012 at 7:46 am
Here we go with another spontaneous, top-of-mind, unplanned post — thanks for being such an awesome community that I feel supported putting this stuff out there. Best readers ... (more)

March Miscellaneum

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 30, 2012 at 9:52 am
On the topic of content hoarding, man have I been saving up quite the list of links for you! I save many of them in my Google +1s page, but these are the best of the best. In yoga ... (more)

Guest Post: Why You Should be a Quitter….and Wear the Title Proudly

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 27, 2012 at 4:13 am
Image courtesy of Ali Martell (AliMartell.com) Today’s guest contributor is writer, coach, violinist, filmmaker, law school graduate, and web designer, Emilie Wapnick, who ... (more)

Book Giveaway Bonanza + LAC on Some Very Exciting Shelves…

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 22, 2012 at 9:02 am
Calling all book worms! If you love books as much as I do, then get your commenting hats on and get ready to enter to win one of six awesome books! Before we go there, I have some ... (more)

On Writing Bottlenecks, Part Two — Wise Words from Dad

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 19, 2012 at 11:49 am
After I posted last week’s On Writing Bottlenecks…and an Apology, my dad responded via email with wisdom so juicy I felt compelled to share it publicly with all of ... (more)

On Writing Bottlenecks…and an Apology

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 15, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Before we jump in — I’m Monster.com’s featured career expert for tonight’s #MWChat on Twitter from 6-7ET. The topic is Bridging the Skills Gap in Today’s ... (more)

Video: The Number One Tip for SXSW Newbies + Launch Yourself 48-hour Sale

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 5, 2012 at 9:44 am
Happy Monday from the road! I’m driving back to NYC from Pittsburgh today after spending the weekend at TEDxCMU, the same conference I spoke at last year (on Career in the ... (more)

Guest Post: Get Unstuck and Unlock Your Potential by Ishita Gupta

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
March 1, 2012 at 10:33 am
If you don’t know Ishita Gupta of Fear.less Magazine, you must. She’s a warm, sharp, intuitive, wise, well-traveled soul who I had the great pleasure of finally catching ... (more)

Video: Celebrate What You Want to See More Of

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
February 22, 2012 at 10:13 am
You all know how much I love when the LAC community can help people out with their big goals. The other day Al Smith, a long-time reader and all-around awesome guy, reached out ... (more)

F is for Freedom

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
February 11, 2012 at 10:54 am
There must be something in the air…I was asked to post on the topic of Freedom for two blog round-ups today — very fitting given a recent dream of mine (more below). ... (more)

Everybody Starts Somewhere: My spontaneous speech in which I drop an f-bomb

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
February 7, 2012 at 9:29 am
One more picture from the top of the water tower - Bow Pose (Danurasana) - Photo by Sean Ogle There’s an important announcement that I left out of my last post. Beyond ... (more)

ALIVE: 12 Ways to Wake Up, Light Up, and Find Your Bliss (with template!)

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
January 30, 2012 at 3:56 pm
View of one of Taninah's palapas (fab photo by Sean Ogle) “We show up, burn brightly, live passionately, hold nothing back, and when the moment is over, when our ... (more)

What’s Your Happy Place?

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
January 19, 2012 at 10:08 am
“It’s always darkest before the dawn… And it’s hard to dance With a Devil on your back So shake it out…” —Lyrics to Shake it Out by Florence ... (more)

SQUEE!!! Life After College goes infographic…and gets poster-ized!

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
January 11, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Click to head over to Mint and see the infographic in full! Today is a VERY exciting day! Not only are the Make Sh*t Happen doors now open for enrollment, but I’m proud ... (more)

Light, Love and Yoga Money

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
January 5, 2012 at 10:36 pm
I’ve been in a great mood this week, feeling very optimistic about the future, cheerful, and impossibly gregarious. But a wave of anxiety swept over me this afternoon. I ... (more)

What ONE THING will you regret not doing this year? My story as told through my diary*

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
January 3, 2012 at 11:39 am
*Yes, I still address my journal as “Dear Diary.” Stop laughing!!! I’ve been writing almost daily since I was ten years old and the name stuck. Before we jump ... (more)

Happy 4 Year Blogiversary to Life After College!

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
December 19, 2011 at 10:59 am
FOUR YEARS. I can’t believe that this little project, cooked up on a whim based on a love for writing that started with a family newspaper operation out of my living room ... (more)

December Crock-Pot: Links I Love & Belly Laughs

From Life After College by Jenny Blake
December 6, 2011 at 1:52 pm
My latest masterpiece! YUM. And yes, I am a one-trick cooking pony. It’s December . . . have you tried making my mom’s chili soup recipe yet?! If not, you’re ... (more)