Karl realizes that he's not going to be ready in his twenties do everything on his own. But as long as he's building relationships with people who are also moving forward in their lives, it will all work out in the end.

Creating a podcast called Coolin' Out helped Kevin discover his passion. It also made him reexamine his life and realize that he already had so much to be grateful for - he just needed to maximize it.

Fabiana was born in South Italy and moved to New York 1 year ago without knowing anybody and not knowing how to speak english. Now she's living her dream as a self-made stylist. Her story is one that you need to hear.

Mike is the Director of Experiential Marketing at BFG where he works mostly on the production side of things and account services. I sat with Mike to learn about how he overcomes anxiety and tackles the fear of the unknown.

Rebecca is an account person extraordinaire who moved to New York from San Antonio. I sat down with her to talk about anxiety and learned that the key to dealing with it is giving yourself a foundation of stability.

Kemely is my beautiful fiancé and life partner. Although I hate seeing how anxiety affects her on a day to day, I'm happy that she decided to share her story because it's one that many people should hear.

No matter the environment or who she's with, Nuria always has a smile on her face. We sat down with her to understand what makes her so happy all the time and learned that it's a matter of who you surround yourself with and the choices you make.

Carlie's journey has just begun. It took a while for her to loosen up but once she did, we learned about how she's starting to become her own person in terms of being independent and how living without routine brings her happiness.

As a PE teacher in the city, Chris gets fulfillment out of seeing his kids succeed and talks about the value of mentorship and leading by example

Having patience is hard but by applying consistency and time to your plan there is no reason why it shouldn't work. You have to trust in it the same way you'd trust a workout routine.

I always took breakups hard. When things were going bad I always made an effort to be patient and stay in the situation. I really believed that things would get better as long as we "loved" each other.

Openness is something we value a lot here at LABOR so I want to be very open with you. I've always struggled with my weight. I have an unhealthy emotional attachment to food

I spent my unemployed summer days walking the streets of New York and to my surprise, I found a lot of places where could enjoy good food for cheap and have my spirits brought up. These are the places that helped me get by.

A lot of music fans never think about it, but hundreds of musicians suffer from performance anxiety. The thought of being on stage, performing for hundreds or thousands of fans can be draining.

Often times you need to hit rock bottom in order to find yourself again. I wish there was a better way but I believe Trump had to become President for us to truly come together and stand up for what's right.

There's a resurgence of people speaking up about their anxiety. I'd typically say that it's a great thing, but from the way people treat these mental issues they're more so glorifying it, than just speaking up about it.

We're excited to partner with Karl Fowlkes who is curating playlists each month that evoke our different themes and personalities. Click here to listen to what happiness sounds like on the Spotify app and follow @esqfowlkes.

Food makes me happy and that's where the majority of my paycheck goes. So I decided to share a list of my go-to restaurants.

I hear a lot of negativity around Millennials and our behavior in the workplace. Sure we don't like staying at the office late and sure we can have attitudes but do these people ever wonder why?

They say that one’s ability to wait for something without getting angry is a valuable quality. I completely agree, in fact, I would take that a step further and say that to be a quality person you have to be patient.

Nobody is patient and nobody wants to be. They all want "21 day six packs" and "overnight success," and even apps like Tinder, Uber and GrubHub keep reinforcing that everything should be now.

What do you do once you have everything you want? Do you live complacently and frolic among all your valuable belongings and new acclaimed status? Or do you begin your search for what's missing in your life?

Something I learned early in my life is that if you sit and wait for what you want to come, you’ll wait forever. You have to work hard for it. You have to “earn it.”

I wouldn’t classify myself as an impatient person per se. However, I definitely have my bouts with patience that can make me a bit irrational and antsy. A couple of things have helped with the process. Namely, bits of gems from people I look to for inspirational on occasion.

For some reason, the desire to create consumes me. Of everything that I am: a traveler, a cook, a hustler, a husband-to-be, a natural wine drinker, a marketer, I am always a creator first.

Overthinking everything is a crippling tendency many of us share, and it can lead to anxiety. But don't stress! Maybe there's a way to move past it.

Connection is a generalization. People want to feel that they matter. Selfies are just that: a statement that documents "I matter." This is what our generation is quietly screaming but not able to articulate. We want to be sure you know we matter. Gay matters. Women matters. Black lives matter. 

It's crazy to think how you can vibe with certain people and totally not get along with others. Whether it's family, friends, coworkers, bosses, clients or lovers, do you ever ask yourself who is in control?

I think what gives me the most anxiety is time. It's one of the utmost important things to me and I can't control it, or can I? I'm starting to believe that feeling anxiety is a matter of what time you decide to live in.