5 Tips for Beating Back-To-School Anxiety
When I received an email from my professor listing all the textbooks we needed this semester, I did a double take. I glanced at the…
How to Beat the Post-Vacation Blues
On my flight back to New York from my 10-day solo trip to England, I could not stop crying. I had just met my pen…
Don’t Let the Job Hunt Get You Down: How to Maintain Morale During Your Search
There are few things I’ve come to loathe more in life than searching for work. While I’ve always loved the thought of using my skills…
How to Stay Healthy When Everyone Around You Is Sick
Among my coworkers and roommates, I’m known for being the last woman standing during cold and flu season. Maybe this is the extrovert in me…
4 Things to Consider Before Changing Your Appearance
Wandering aimlessly around New York’s East Village in a post-brunch daze on a Sunday afternoon, I stumbled upon a tattoo shop. For months, I had…
How Learning the Love Languages Changed My Relationship
This past December, my partner and I had to do three weeks of long-distance dating not long after we first met. (A Californian expat in…
The Dangers of Food Delivery: Why I’m Now Ordering out Less
As a self-confessed workaholic with an extremely packed schedule, I am an avid user of food delivery services. Managing five classes, an honors concentration, two…
Keep These 3 Things in Mind Before Learning a New Language
In high school, I dreamed of becoming an archaeologist — but before going on digs in the Mediterranean, I had to develop scholarly ability in…
Too Much Togetherness: How I Learned to Communicate My Need for Personal Space
“Well, this is a disaster already,” I grumbled. It was one of those evenings where nothing seemed to be going right: It was late, I…
4 Steps I Take to Quell My Anxiety
During finals week in my freshman year of college, I wasn’t hitting the books like I should have been. Instead, I found myself editing others’…