Category: Life
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Managing Stress and Anxiety in College
College is basically a four-year transition to real life, and that means more stress. Managing anxiety or stress while being a college student can be hard because you’re still learning how to take care of yourself mentally. There’s also a difference between anxiety and stress, although you can have them both (as it often happens,…
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Decoding Highlight Reels on Social Media
I look happy in the picture, like I’m having a great time. I’m covered in a kaleidoscope of different colors of paint and smiling wide with a laughing friend, who also looks like multiple buckets of paint were poured on her. This picture can be found on social media, another photo in a line of…
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Coming to Terms
I’ve been trying to figure out how to put into words how I’ve been feeling these last couple of days. I didn’t want to be angry or still devastated when I wrote this, so I waited for the right words to come. And I’m still waiting.
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Why I Stopped Believing Only in My Intelligence
I don’t think I’m someone who is incredibly smart. I haven’t truly believed that I’m really smart since around the fifth grade. If you look at it by the numbers, you would probably agree. I haven’t had straight A’s since middle school and my GPA isn’t a perfect 4.0. I had to study in high…
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The Importance of Self-Love
Everyday is an opportunity for change. Not always good change either, but I rather focus on the good. Everyday that you wake up is a day waiting, stretched out and open for you to do something. A chance to fix something wrong you might have done in the past, or to create something, or to…
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What Being a Camp Counselor Has Taught Me
“You give me booty and I’ll give you dollars.” “I have a girlfriend. And we already kissed on the lips.” This came from a six-year-old. “I didn’t poop all day today!” Sentences like these are quite the norm at summer camp. All you can do is sigh or smile, and nod along. Maybe you try…
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To the Father of Brock Turner
Are you proud? Are you proud of your son’s actions, of what he chose to do? Do you feel that you brought him up well? What you called “20 minutes of action” is years of healing for a young woman. It is countless sleepless nights, tears, a lot of anguish and grief. What you called…
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A Farewell to My Freshman Year
I’ve heard many people talk about how sad they are to be finished with their freshman year of college, and how much they’re going to miss their school for three months. But I’m the opposite. While I will miss the friends I made at school, I can’t wait to be home for three months, see…
Jessie Spangler 