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Mikey McManus

Mikey McManus has never won an award. In the summer of 2013 he traveled 20,000 miles across America in a beat up RV, hitchhiking and on foot, in search of the “New American Dream.” Turns out it’s within all of us… Turns out he believes in sappy idioms. His first wish is for infinity wishes. If he can’t have that, he’ll settle for a sandwich. His third wish is for everyone who reads his article to immediately get off his or her ass, and start rocking the cock off life.

5 Ways Working On Disaster Relief Changed My Life Forever

By Mikey McManus
On May 20, 2013, an EF5 Tornado scorched a 17-mile path through a heavily populated section of Moore, Oklahoma. Twenty-five people lost their lives, almost 400 more were injured and countless homes incurred major structural damage. The almost 2-mile…

The Rejection Game: How Being Willing To Lose Can Help You Win Big

By Mikey McManus
In May 2013, I was at the lowest point of my life. After two years of hustling and sleeping in the trunks of our cars to save money, my friends and I were a month into what we thought would be a four-month adventure across America. On the way to…

How Supporting Social-Action-Minded Businesses Will Make The World A Much Better Place

By Mikey McManus
Three years ago, amidst my quarter-life crisis, I walked out of my comfort zone and my fancy Hollywood office and moved into the trunk of my car. I was wearing a pair of smelly TOMS shoes and drinking coffee made by a tiny startup called Brown Water…

Generation Money-Less: 6 Ways 20-Somethings Can Prepare For Buying A Home

By Mikey McManus
Will we ever be able to buy houses? Nope! Just kidding, we can, but it won't be easy. This one’s for everyone out there who's living the paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle that will eventually give us all early-onset heart disease. After the housing…

Cancer Sucks: 10 Ways You Can Do Your Part To Spread Awareness And F*ck Cancer

By Mikey McManus
Cancer sucks; it ruins lives and is killing us all. Last summer, we met the incomparable Yael Cohen, who is founder and CEO of the charity F*ck Cancer, for a weekend of debauchery in Las Vegas where she taught me just how easy it is to personally…

How A Weekend Road Trip Managed To Cure My Quarter-Life Crisis

By Mikey McManus
In the fall of 2010, I was in the thick of it. I was 24 and at the bottom of that inevitable downward spiral of depression and indignation that our generation lovingly refers to as “The Quarter-Life Crisis.” How did I get there? The same way we all…

Get The F*ck Off The Couch: 10 Reasons To Stop Being Lazy And Start Living Out Your Dreams

By Mikey McManus
Exactly two years ago, I walked out of my corporate job. It was a fantastic company; I learned so much and made great friends, but it wasn't taking my career in the direction I wanted it to go.   Over these past two years, I've traveled throughout…

DIY Life: 8 Realities You Should Know Before Starting Your Own Business

By Mikey McManus
Two years into starting my own business, I still have no f*cking clue what I’m doing. That said, we’re a generation bound by three things: our unrepentant sarcasm, the inevitability of major career and life changes in our 20s and the impassioned…

It's All About Hustle: Success Isn't Possible Without Grinding To Get It

By Mikey McManus
Maybe I was spoiled because I grew up in Boston when I did. I was six years old when Larry Bird retired from the NBA. My first memory is of me, standing barefoot on the shag carpet in my family’s living room, pointing Bird out to my dad on the…