Life
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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,…
Jessie Spangler 