Elana Lyn is a professional and personal development blog for millennial and Gen Z women. Shortly after graduating from college, I started Elana Lyn to explore the topics my friends and I discussed as we navigated our first few years of post-grad life.
I’m a senior content manager and editor at Monster, a journalist, and an author. My book, “What Next?: Your Five-Year Plan for Life After College,” was published by Simon & Schuster. Reviewers have called it “the step-by-step guide to adulting,” “the go-to guide for life after college,” “a must-have resource for new college grads,” “the book every twentysomething needs,” and “basically the Google Maps of post-grad life.” It was named one of USA Today’s best graduation gifts for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and Amazon’s best books for college graduates and post-graduates. My writing has been published in Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, Time, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Women’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Allure, Women’s Health, Teen Vogue, Insider, Well+Good, Monster, The Muse, Popsugar, Refinery29, Yahoo, Delish, and many more. I have a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and live in New York City with my dog Rosie.
