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I am the type of person that reads landscapes like they are love poems and criticizes them for not being beautiful enough. I grew up in a city surrounded by trees, had to find beautiful behind [...]

As the New Year roles around all of us face the inevitable task of looking back at everything that has happened in the past year. We find ourselves desperately cataloging everything good that has [...]

I am one of those individuals that likes to write out “to do” lists for myself to keep organized, prioritized, and accountable. Many psychologists strongly believe that people are more likely to [...]

If you ask any college student what they miss most about home their answer will usually be either food or a pet. For me it’s my dog, Tilda. I Skype her when I’m sad, my mom sends me pictures of [...]

I create a Bucket List to overcome fears, to push myself past my self-imposed limitations, to soak up all that life has in store, with intention towards what I want to attract and learn.  I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s that time of year again. The duffle bags are stuffed to over-capacity, the family van is filled to the point of invisibility, and shopping carts are filled with hundreds of dollars of school [...]

I began distance running during the early months of 2014 on a treadmill at my college gym because I was experiencing, what I coin, “my first grown-up heartbreak”. In shabby workout shorts and an [...]

Self-love has been transformed from the cocky, self-absorbed embodiment of a narcissist and into the energy consuming, explicit act of valuing one’s own happiness and well-being. The term has [...]