As a senior in college, everyday is a constant game of “who’s going to ask me what I want to be when I grow up today?” The answers I rattle off are routine now, but the answers I want to give are [...]
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to live more in the now. It seems that I am always looking ahead to the next thing, thinking about what I’m going to do next, what I need to get done, [...]
I’ve lost old boyfriends to testosterone and dishonesty and incompatibility; we’re still too young to prioritize what feels right from what feels easy from hours of homework. We’re still too [...]
Often we’re told being selfish is bad. It’s disrespectful, shameful, and wrong. But we are all selfish. Every one of us. We act to serve ourselves. We eat what tastes good to us, befriend [...]
I remember my middle school years: my body standing with a steady sixty-two pounds from fifth grade through eighth when my smallness stopped its market cuteness and morphed into concern; the [...]
I’ve never been a city guy. That is to say I’ve never been a public transportation guy. I grew up in a village on Cape Cod where the mode of transportation was first and foremost a car. Even the [...]
Summer breezes often carry a change of people, place, and pace. My summer plans landed me in Portland, OR, three thousand miles away from New England and familiarity. I’m working with an artist [...]
Transitioning from one job to another is never an easy time in a person’s life. That is certainly true for students like myself who change jobs in high school or college. Recently, I left my job [...]
My friend and I passed through Hartford, CT on the drive back to school today. I happen to be gazing out the window, but almost missed the McCafe Billboard advertising their coffee. Hugging the [...]
In my experience with couples and my own past relationships-after years of not nurturing a relationship, discussions can quickly turn towards blaming, insulting, and shouting “you [...]