4 Ways to Revamp Your Resume This Summer
After leaving my English teaching job in Seoul, I started frantically applying for jobs back in my home state of Florida. Two weeks later, and…
read moreWhat a Health Scare Taught Me About Asking for Help
I opened my eyes to see the two heads of paramedics, hovering over me. I could barely remember my name. “What’s the date?” one head…
read moreNo Passport, No Problem: How I Travel the World as a Local Tourist
Like many people my age, I’d say I place a high value on travel. I have a long list of places to visit on my…
read more5 Ways to Successfully Transition From College to ‘Real Life’
Walking across the graduation stage, I had a simple mantra: Don’t trip. I shook hands with University of South Florida’s president, and, blinded by stage…
read moreThe Benefits of Getting Married in My Early 20s
Just over a year ago, my wife and I celebrated 50 percent of our lives together. I called it our “fifty-percent-iversary.” We had been together…
read moreHow to Settle Into a Perfect Post-Work Routine
Although I now work from home as a freelance writer, for the first few years of my career I worked in an office at an…
read moreGet a Move On: 6 Tips to Minimize Stress on Moving Day
“Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do for it,” the doctor said as I sat in my college’s Health Services office. It seemed that my toe,…
read moreA Guide to Appreciating Your Mom This Mother’s Day (And Beyond)
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, but there’s no need to panic about not being prepared. We’ve got ideas for the perfect gift (that…
read moreRethinking Conflict: How I Learned to Have More Honest Conversations
For most of my teens and early 20s, I had this idea that the best way to deal with discomfort or conflict was to pretend…
read moreHow to Practice Self-Care Without Going Broke
One of my favorite writers, Laurie Penny, wrote this scathing screed against “neoliberal self-care” and the elitist and often exclusionary forms it takes: “Lifestyle bloggers…
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