Young Adults

The beginning of junior year of high school was one of the hardest few months of my life. In this time I lost focus of who I was, what I needed, and what made me happy. Like most working people, [...]

As a senior in high school I’ve found that I have a lot of time to look back and reflect on the choices that I made in the past. As I await the news of my college application, I think about my [...]

It begins your Junior Year of college: Single Shaming. It’s that time when your relationship status is no longer a silly Facebook indicator or a reason bragging rights or a show of ‘how much ass’ [...]

I vividly remember the feeling of emptiness when I was sick. I recall feeling weak, fragile, and helpless. I could barely walk, I felt so broken and malnourished. There was something wrong with [...]

Applying to college is a process that weighs heavy on the shoulders of high school students everywhere in the United States. It seems agonizing, tedious, boring, and at times, quite honestly, [...]

Two decades later: haven’t grown into nose, still grasping outwards with child-hands, still sleep with baby blanket. But, damn, it feels good to be out of my teens. Twenty: an impressive [...]

Happiness is an elusive term, but it is generally characterized by a positive well-being, contentment, long-lasting enjoyment, and freedom from suffering. Many have tried (and continue to try) to [...]

It is estimated that the average person will spend about five years of their lifetime waiting in lines. Aside from sleep, work and our daily routines, a good portion of our lives is spent [...]

Especially for those of us still measuring our lives in terms of the academic calendar, there is certain scent of renewal in the September air. Labor Day weekend is unanimously classified as the [...]

In this day and age, it can be rather challenging for most of us to go an hour, let alone ten minutes, without checking our phones, email or Facebook. It is not new knowledge that technology [...]