Similar to Seven ways to not waste your life, except this post is a little less abstract and a little more concrete. As of lately, I’ve been extremely frazzled, finding myself running from meeting to class to meeting, barely having time for meals and walking across campus multiple times a day. I think I may haveContinue reading “5 ways to make every minute count”
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Guest Post: Ten Things I Miss About Home
10) Freshly cracked black pepper. Pre ground black pepper isn’t as satisfying, it has less of a “kick” and you have to add a lot more. Plus, there’s nothing like the cathartic crackling sounds of grinding pepper.
Why Being Sick in College is the Worst
a guest post I wrote for 100 Ways to Write Because everything hurts. Your arms hurt, your head hurts, your throat hurts, even your eyelids hurt. Every movement is an aching reminder that your body is losing a battle to something so small it’s invisible to the eye, though you can feel it invading everyContinue reading “Why Being Sick in College is the Worst”
This Kid I Know: Navin
If you ever are privileged to interact one on one with an individual like Navin, consider yourself lucky. Like myself, he thrives in small group conversations. It takes a while to coax him out of his shell, but once you do, you will be glad you did. He has a hidden layer of craziness underneath,Continue reading “This Kid I Know: Navin”
Seven ways to not waste your life
One. Do not believe that social media illustrates reality.
This is the Greek life
40%. This is the percentage of students involved in Greek life at Northwestern. Even some of the largest state schools in the South report around 25% of students to be involved in Greek life, but who knows how the number at Northwestern could change in the upcoming years?
Apply your passion to the world around you
It’s difficult to conceive how anyone could be excited about something like engineering, or chemistry, or biology. But I have met people who truly live and breathe for science.
Guest Post: Listen to the Children!
So this is a recent article that my Italian friend introduced to me. It is a PSA, and I encourage you to watch the whole thing:
Writing: a form of therapy?
A lot of people tell me that therapy isn’t helpful. They say that anyone who comes back seeming “improved” or more functional is simply relying on a false, blind happiness that’s been prescribed to them. But is that not to be expected when someone is dealing with something as extreme as death or depression?
On taking a more appreciative and engaged approach to academics
In high school, I remember dreading the homework for my classes, especially math and science ones.
Cat Zhang 