New Year, New You

With the new year upon us, many have taken time to reevaluate themselves and their lifestyles. Some make huge plans of marriage and children, others keep it basic with intentions of weight loss or that long-awaited vacation. Whether you are…

An Open Letter to the One With a Learning Disability

To whom it may concern: You are not alone. Together, we make up a part of the population of America; yet, there is rarely ever a reason as to why we have this thing called a disability. I’ve walked the halls, most of the time with my head…

To The New Girl In The City

To the new girl in the city: everyone here has at one time been in your shoes. It's scary and overwhelming, there is no denying that. But it is the start to what can be one of the greatest adventures in your life if you open up and let the city…

Never Second Guess a First Impression: Job Interview Etiquette

Graduation has come, and now comes the chance of a lifetime....your ideal job. THAT job. Your career. Or perhaps you decide to intertwine work while you are still finishing school. Understanding the monumental advantage of experience, you want…

Why Social Media Has Made Me Less Social

Since the beginning of time, people have created ways to share stories and information. To cut corners a bit, we had verbal storytelling, cave paintings (among other things), and eventually the written word. At first, people used stories as…

To Thy Own Self Be True: Just Do You

Some where around the time you hit puberty up into your early thirties you're all over the place.  You're not sure who or what you want to be. You feel pressured by school, your family, your friends and society to become someone. If your not…
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Celebrities: The Fake Reality We Idolize

"OMG...look at her butt, it is so big," seems to be a relevant reaction nowadays. We find ourselves thumbing through the print of endless magazines, chasing unattainable dreams. Well, unless funds and a certified surgeon are in our…

What Do I Do With All This Energy?

We dispel so much energy into the universe at all times and we don’t even realize it. Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve been sitting at my computer all day (doing both productive and unproductive things) or maybe it’s the fact that I’ve…
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Dumped: How to Bounce Back When the Ball Drops

Heartbreak is a self-inflicted poison, right? Although it's mostly caused by someone else, responsibility can be seen as shared because we willingly gambled our feelings. We took our heart right out of our chest, set it on the table, looked…
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Where is the Love? A Disclaimer for the Empty-Handed.

Love has changed its address. It has swapped phones, gained a new number, and is cleverly disguised. I am sure of this, because it's misrepresented. At least in my case. We talk about love lost, love felt but not returned, love unknown, or even…