Last week, I took off from work and school to present a paper at the National Sigma Tau Delta 2016 Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The trip could be summed up in a single word: perfect. Though, true to the English major spirit, I’ll share a few more words about my latest adventure….. Day One In … More Sigma Tau Delta Convention 2016 // Minneapolis, Minnesota
Over Christmas break, I decided to start a series about mental health called “Dear Anxiety,” and I published my first two posts (A Letter to My Mental Illness and Things to Remember about Mental Illnesses During the Holiday Season) with a regular plan set in motion. A week after the second post was published, my plan crumbled … More Dear Anxiety // Self-Care Tips for Dealing with Mental Illnesses in College
If you’ve been around for the past month or two, you’ve probably noticed my “college week” series, which includes Five Things To Do The Week Before Classes Start and Five Things To Do The Week After Finals. These two articles were my first blog posts to ever go viral, and I’ve had multiple requests to continue with these … More Five Things To Do After Syllabus Week
How is it only the end of the first week of school? If you ask me, the past five days have felt like five weeks, and all I have done is organize my syllabi and read a few hundred pages. Still, I’ve collected quite a few thoughts to start off the first semester of my … More Junior Year Thoughts
At the start of last semester, I wrote a survival guide for the first day of the semester (read it here)–it was pretty serious. Somehow, this semester doesn’t seem quite so real, which might be because I’ve become a seasoned collegiate. Honestly, I’m fairly relaxed about starting new classes and navigating my paperwork-intensive schedule. To stay … More Things I Can’t Live Without: Surviving the First Day of the Semester
Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like my breaks go by way too fast. It feel like it was just yesterday when I sat down to write Five Things To Do The Week After Finals. Since it quickly became this blog’s most popular post, I decided to create its counterpart….. I hope you enjoy and … More Five Things To Do The Week Before Classes Start
If you were homeschooled, you likely dealt with quite a few of the stereotypical but curious questions. People always wondered if I got to wear pajamas all day long (um… no), while many others tended to insist that I never actually did “real work” (um…no…again). Every time my family moved, I had to convince my … More Five Ways Homeschooling Prepared Me For College
Finals week is over, my grades are turned in, and I’m sitting at home with my family– it is the official end of sophomore year. At the start of the fall semester, I shared a post called Sophomore Year Thoughts, which highlighted my musings about study abroad, being myself, and general insecurities about life. A few … More End Of Sophomore Year Thoughts
Congratulations! It’s the end of the semester, and you have survived the last week of madness. Now it’s time to sleep for days and watch another two seasons of Friends. While it’s extremely tempting to waste away the week after finals– I haven’t left my lovely bed before eleven o’clock the past two days–and do absolutely nothing, … More Five Things To Do The Week After Finals
Either your university is in the thick of its darkest hours or finals week is fast approaching. In my case, I’m facing week two of the madness; and instead of finishing my last projects, I’ve sought solace with my favorite Jane Austen characters. Hopefully they add a bit of mirth to your own last days … More Finals: As Told by Jane Austen Characters
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