How to Deal with Confrontation
Even if you cringe at the thought of confrontation, at some point or another, you will encounter an uncomfortable moment of reckoning. Disagreements happen. Misunderstandings…
Even if you cringe at the thought of confrontation, at some point or another, you will encounter an uncomfortable moment of reckoning. Disagreements happen. Misunderstandings…
Depression is a disease of isolation. I make this claim because depressed people spend a lot of time in their head, with their own thoughts.…
An optimist by nature, there are a handful of things that I consistently overestimate. I put twice as many items on my to-do list as…
When I moved into my New York City apartment a few months ago, a roommate-finding site matched me with three random roommates, and the four…
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In the fall, a friend of mine picked me up to go on a drive. Spontaneous yet not uncommon, these mini road trips happen frequently…
Kalina and I met our first year of middle school, when I may have well as been Regina George. Not just because I was blonde,…
Not getting along with people has always made me uncomfortable. Whether it was a matter of just not jiving with someone, or actually having a…
As a native Spanish speaker, I love interacting with people of other cultures and nationalities; I find connecting with others an opportunity to practice English…
When I discovered that I was going to need an extra semester to finish college, I immediately pictured all of my friends graduating before me,…