I’m the type of person who likes to take cute, smiley photos like this… …but I’m also the person to do stupid shit like this: I’m a weirdo at heart, and anyone who really knows who I am also knows my affinity for all things weird–like feeling the need to lift my leg in the air in … More How Being Yourself Can Help Others to Do the Same
See the girl in the photo above? The girl who’s laughing, looking super happy, and is enjoying a long weekend at a vineyard with her best friend? It looks like she’s living her best life after college, right? Well, let me let you in on a little secret. The same girl who is pictured laughing … More The Instagram Highlight Reel is Real–Don’t Fall For It
In my last blog post, I talked about how we should use 2019 as a way to finally escape the comfort zone in order to chase the dreams we’ve created in our heads about what we want to be and what we want to do. I fully believe in this goal and want this goal … More Escaping the Blogging Comfort Zone: My Goals for that girl with glasses
Ah, the comfort zone. We love the comfort zone. To put it bluntly, it’s comfortable–it’s what we know well and what we know we are capable of handling. We feel at peace living in our monotonous routines, and generally, we try to avoid anything and anyone who gives us those unwelcome angry butterflies that flip … More 2019 Is Your Year to Get Out of the Comfort Zone
The other day, I was about to make a life decision when this thought suddenly entered my mind: Should I tell so-and-so first that I’m going to do this? Immediately, I mentally slapped myself and re-thought, Absolutely not! It’s hard to make decisions without thinking about how other people might react. What will they say? What will … More You Don’t Need Permission to Live Your Life
New Year’s resolutions have quickly become a running joke in the world as people make them and then fail to follow through the rest of the year. But I am a firm believer that New Year’s resolutions can be fulfilled when two things happen: You leave the past in the past. You make resolutions that … More How to Conquer the New Year and Uphold Your Resolutions
Society expects you to grow up, find a local significant other, fall in love, and get married. What society doesn’t expect you to do is travel abroad, fall in love, and enter into a serious, international, long-distance relationship. Oops. Long-distance relationships are considered extremely unconventional, even in today’s day and age where we have an … More Why I’m Grateful For My Long-Distance Relationship
Instagram is a photosharing app that everybody knows and loves. We love mindless scrolling, liking photos of our friends and our favorite celebrities, and posting about what we’ve been up to on our feeds and our stories. But lately, Instagram has become so much more than a social media app meant for pure fun. It’s … More #NofilterNovember
I recently was scrolling through Facebook and saw this video pop up on my timeline. In the video, pop sensation Lady Gaga discusses her journey with mental health and how she was able to find herself amidst the chaos of Hollywood and the darkness that once dominated her mind. She realized that one of the … More Learn to Say “No” and Regain Possession of Your Life
I have an issue with judgment. I hate being judged. I fear it. I fear the gossip, I fear the criticism, and I fear upsetting others. I fear judgment so much that for the last two decades of my life, I have calculated every action, every word, and even every thought so as to try … More Why We Should Face Our Fear of Judgment
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