WHY TODAY COULD BE THE DAY YOUR LIFE CHANGES

There are a few pivotal moments in my life. Spoiler alert: they were all seemingly insignificant moments at the time. We agonize about big events in our lives, but it blows me away how often it’s the little moments that make the most difference. One of those moments I think about a lot was when I…

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WHY I STILL WRITE

As long as I can remember, I’ve been a writer. In third grade, sometimes my friends and I would ask to go out to the hall during story time after recess. Instead of hearing other people’s stories, we wanted to write our own. We wrote these stories in my Garfield notebook. They were about our…

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WHAT 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…

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NO 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…

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WHY I AM FAILING AT BLOGGING

Lately, I have not been on my blogger game. I have been slacking, and for a few reasons: 1. I am a full time student.  Junior year is in full effect. And boy am I feeling it. I’m drowning in an endless sea of midterms and projects. Work keeps going from being super busy to…

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THE TIME IS NOW

As a college student, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future. All the somedays and the maybes. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I am a dreamer. I probably daydreamed more than the average kid. When I would walk to the bus I would write stories in my head.…

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JULY GOALS

Where is the summer going? I can’t decide if I feel like I have done a lot or nothing at all. There is still so much that I want to do. At the beginning of summer it feels like you have time to do everything. But before you know it is winding down and people…

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BLOGGING WITH PURPOSE

Blogging ignites my fire. It brings me joy to press publish. It fuels my creativity and sparks my imagination. It pushes me be successful and it inspires me to be greater. Blogging is not simply typing your thoughts and presenting it to whomever comes across it on the Internet. Blogging is reading other blogs. Blogging…

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CURRENTLY // JUNE ’15

Listening to // “I Need Your Love” by Shaggy. I heard this song on the radio the other day and instantly loved it. The lyrics are pretty simple–it says “I need your love” a million times. It’s a good one, though.  Shopping for// I have been focusing on eating more fruits and vegetables lately, so…

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HOW TO ACTIVELY PURSUE YOUR PASSIONS

The other day I heard someone talking about how they don’t like calling pursuing your passions “dreaming”, because dreaming is for sleeping, and you should be active in going after what you want. You have to chase after what you want and put in a lot of hard work. I agree with that to a…

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