Draft: Feb. 12 3:35 p.m. Dear Minnesota, There’s something I’ve been wanting to talk to you about for a while. It’s something that’s hard for me to admit. So please, just hear me out. Breaks are dumb. But our break has made me realize, taking a break doesn’t mean a relationship is irreparable. In fact,…
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WHEN WILL I STOP WAITING FOR MY LIFE TO START?
Like most of what I write, this post was inspired by a conversation I had not too long ago. We were talking about the future and where we were in our career so far. And then the conversation turned to how we were always waiting for our lives to “start,” as if everything we had…
Read MoreWHAT I’LL TELL MY FUTURE KIDS ABOUT HURRICANE IRMA
I never thought I would live through a hurricane. Midwesterners know thunderstorms and blizzards. Extreme winds back home are just mildly inconvenient at worst. I don’t why, but I assumed it was one of those things that people talked about — but would never actually happen. But as I curled up on an air mattress…
Read MoreNO ONE KNOWS WHAT CHEESE CURDS ARE HERE
There’s a lot I didn’t know before moving to Florida. For instance, did you know that despite being called the Sunshine State, it rains pretty much every day for about half the year? Didn’t know that? Funny, neither did I before moving down here. And we’re not talking about a little sprinkle in the afternoon. We’re…
Read MoreEVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT DATING AT 22
What could I know about dating, right? I’m 22. I’m the first to admit dating confuses me, as it does many. I’m pretty sure online dating wouldn’t exist if everyone knew how to pair off on their own. Can you imagine? Just being able to do this organically in an efficient matter? In this imaginary…
Read MoreHOW TO EAT LIKE AN ADULT
Eating. It seems like a simple enough task. I mean, we all eat. We eat to satiate ourselves. We eat to socialize. We eat to fill the void entertain ourselves. But no one ever said it would be this hard. By “it” I mean making meals for a single human being that are both healthy and…
Read MoreI’M NOT AN ADULT–YOU’RE AN ADULT
Well, my college diploma finally arrived. If it wasn’t official before, it’s official: I am a college graduate. Although I’m in my 4th week at my first full-time job, it doesn’t seem possible. How am I really not returning to campus the day after Labor Day? I watched this amazing video by a Priest the…
Read MoreTHE SKY’S THE LIMIT–AND OTHER LIES FROM MY CHILDHOOD
Note to readers: read this first paragraph in your head to the tone of one of those commercials that claims you may be “entitled to” something if you had x, y, or z happen to you. As a child, were you often told things like, “you can be anything you want when you grow up”…
Read MoreLIFE STAGE: EMERGING ADULT
In Aziz Ansari’s book Modern Romance, he says that there is a fairly new stage in becoming an adult in the modern age. This is a person who is post-college but not yet settled down with a family. They are not a teenager, but they are not really a full-fledged adult either. It’s this awkward…
Read MoreWhat Trump’s "Fake News" Rhetoric Means For Someone Trying to Work in News
For many, the beginning of a career is scary but exciting. It’s a time where everything you learned in college is really put to the test. But what about when the President of the United States is demonizing the very industry in which you want to build a career? The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes,…
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