At the beginning of this school year, I was tired. I was interning at a nonprofit trying to better the world in some small way but was seeing little to no results. I wasn’t necessarily expecting to save the planet via a temporary internship at a local nonprofit organization but I was surrounded by people…
I don't know how people survived before GPS. I use GoogleMaps to get home from work everyday even though it's the exact same route "just in case." So the concept of a life uncharted is absolutely terrifying to me. As humans, we have been following maps, stars and trails for eons, it's what we do.…
After a night of little-to-no sleep, staring weakly at my mile-long to do list for the day I had a sudden realization-- probably brought on by an overdose of caffeinated beverages. I look around myself at college, at all the bright, inspired, motivated, talented, incredible individuals I'm surrounded by, and our dark under-eye circles and…
I've always loved quotes. Maybe actions speak louder than words but the right words can speak pretty damn loud. Thoughts get caught in sentences and centuries later they still speak just as loudly. I love that. Here's a few of my favorites that get me out of bed in the morning when it's raining, scribbled…
Last week was a rough week. An unfortunate, inconvenient series of irritating events that made me wanna crawl into bed and quit everything for 3 months and maybe move to the deciduous forests of upstate Washington. A pile up of being late to too many classes, uncomfortable confrontations with bosses, spilled coffee, rain and at…
I think sometimes as millennials we are perpetually terrified of doing nothing. We constantly update, move, check in, reload, play Pokemon Go (wow so quick with the pop culture references), update again. We fear a lapse in the chaos, a moment of quiet peace where we can pause and think and breathe. We feel guilty…
Our entire lives are narrated by a voice in our head that sounds kind of like us. Sometimes its quieter than others, sometimes you might forget to notice that it’s there. The voice that notices. The voice that dictates. The voice that compares and contrasts our appearances, our accomplishments, our tragic flaws and faults with…
In a social media age based on ‘likes’ how do we talk about things we don’t like about ourselves? Things that are not perfectly filtered or match any aesthetic. Things that are not trendy or enjoyable to look at. On social media we share the high notes of our lives. And why shouldn’t we? As…
Mid-terms are starting, spring semester stress is real, life is busy, crazy, large, a lot. If you are on mental breakdown #4 today and it's only 10 am or you have only slept 7 hours in 3 days or if you can't stop watching Park and Rec in response to having too much to do…
