Don’t Just Survive, Thrive: How to Be Productive When the Stress of School Overwhelms You
During my time as both an undergraduate and a graduate student, I inevitably found myself feeling overwhelmed by my workload, deadlines, and upcoming exams as…
Self-care
5 Ways Using a Gratitude Rock Changed My Life
Not too long ago, I went through a terrible breakup and was struggling to put the pieces of my life back together. My friend, seeing…
Don’t Hit Snooze: 5 Energy Boosting Hacks to Use After a Sleepless Night
Sleep has always been a sensitive subject for me. Starting in grade school, I experienced mild insomnia once or twice a week. As I grew…
Giving Yourself Grace: The Importance of Emotional Self-Care
Over the past year, specifically since we’ve all been dealing with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems like the phrase “give yourself some…
How to Stay Positive in a Negative World
I live in a leaky apartment with a moody terrier and a gabby roommate who, almost daily, sets fire to the kitchen stove when she…
5 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…
How and When To Say No: Tips From a Recovered People Pleaser
Recently, I’ve found myself in a state I’ve experienced many times before: Burnout. Specifically, I was experiencing burnout after a year of dealing with chronic…
5 Quarantine Habits I’d Like to Keep Post-Pandemic
In 2014, while panicking about college graduation, I saw an Instagram caption with the quote, “The only constant in life is change.” It sounds cliché,…
Self-Help Books That Live up to the Hype
Allow me to start with a brief list of the self-help/advice books I’ve started and never finished: “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up;” “Wherever You…
Perfectly Imperfect: Focusing on Being Better Instead of Being the Best
As the alarm buzzed at 6:15 a.m., I jumped out of bed, got dressed for school, and studied for an hour before I left to…
