How to Celebrate Valentine’s Day When You’ve Just Started Dating
When my now husband and I approached our first Valentine’s Day, we weren’t even really together. We had been out a couple of times, talked…
read more4 Ways to Overcome the Anxiety of an Overwhelming World
Reading and watching today’s news can send you into a panic attack. Global poverty, ice caps melting, congressional chaos, nations threatening one another. It can…
read moreFriends, or More-Than-Friends? A Survival Guide to Crushing on Your Pal
If two years ago you told me I’d start dating my closest guy friend from college, I would have never believed you. We were always…
read more3 Money Resolutions to Make for the New Year
I always feel full of potential when the new year arrives. It’s a great time to put my money mistakes from the past year (or…
read moreLessons Learned From a Marathon That Didn’t Go As Planned
In March of 2020 when the world shut down, I was at the peak of my training for a late April marathon. After weeks of…
read moreOuch but Thanks: 3 Tips for Making the Most of Negative Feedback
“You come across as very intense and serious,” the supervisor of my internship stated matter-of-factly. I was feeling badly about how my mid-year mock board…
read moreWhat I Learned When I Sold (Nearly) All of My Belongings
About a year ago, I decided to leave my comfortable job as a teacher to become a full-time graduate student. For me, this meant that…
read more3 Things To Do With Gifts You Don’t Want
Here’s the thing with gift-giving: It’s the thought that counts. Granted, this can sometimes be a disturbing thought (i.e. the time my brother bought me…
read moreWhat I Learned from Going Trash-Free for 3 Months
I remember looking at my family’s recycling bin in the garage one day, filled to the brim with plastic water bottles. It suddenly hit me…
read moreNew Year’s Resolution: Break the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
The new year gives you an opportunity to start fresh. Although you can create new goals at any time, establishing a start date of January…
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