Category: Life
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What You Need to Remember
What you need to remember is the how it feels to lift your head to the night sky and see the jagged edges of the stars tearing points of light through the dark, the feeling in your chest after you’ve finished something you were nervous for, the way you watch the ocean lap on the…
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Winter Reads
Winter is such a great time for reading–being warm in bed with a book while snow falls softly outside, or curling up on the couch under a thick blanket while velvet flames crackle in the fireplace. Winter break for us college students allows us more time to read, although I am excited to be able…
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Senior Year Part One Reflection
I’m now halfway through my senior year, with one more semester to get through before entering the real world and paying off student loans until I’m 40. Really though, this past semester challenged me in many ways, and I’m definitely a different person coming out on the other side. I feel like this semester was…
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Start Taking Sexual Assault Survivors Seriously
TW: sexual assault I’ve been seeing this quote around that describes how some, when a woman comes forward with her story of sexual assault, say “but that was in the past!” or “we shouldn’t blame someone for something they did when they were younger!” But when a woman comes forward saying she was recently sexually…
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Growing Up With Anxiety
I used to think that being anxious was just a part of my personality, that it was a flaw in who I was and I would never be able to get away from it. I thought I would eventually grow out of it, but it never happened.
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Reflecting on This Summer
Looking back, this summer has been a good one. It was definitely a learning experience, where I found out more about myself and what’s important to me, as well as learning what I need to improve on. First, this summer helped me learn more about being a *real* adult. I bought my first car, and…
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Improving Your Night Routine
Since I am not a morning person, which was established in my recent blog post about my morning routine, I do more at night to prepare for the next day (or if it’s Sunday, for the next week). During the summer, I’m a lot more lax about my night routine, but during the school year,…
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Improving Your Morning Routine
I’m not a morning person. I’ve done the whole waking up last minute thing plenty of times. So trying to become better at this whole morning thing has been quite a challenge. I’m trying to be more of a morning person because this is usually when I feel the most productive. I have a love/hate…
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Life Lessons to Remember
April was a roller coaster. Cliche, I know. But last month took me up and down again and again. I’ve been really happy, then deeply sad. I’ve said good-bye, worked my hardest and laughed a lot. It’s left me with a couple of thoughts, and I know this falls outside of what I usually post,…
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The Importance of Staying Positive
Having a positive mindset is more important than you might think. When I was younger, I didn’t really buy into it. My parents were always telling me though how changing your outlook on life can be a huge game changer. I wasn’t quite convinced until I was in high school, and I realized that, yeah,…
Jessie Spangler 