2021 was not perfect, but I’m very grateful for it. I learned so much! lesson 1: never lose your confidence 0:12 lesson 2: embrace challenges 2:42 lesson 3: invest in yourself 3:56 lesson 4: have compassion towards yourself and others 6:47 lesson 5: enjoy life as it is 8:59
Category Archives: General Opinion
Morning Excerpts
11/9 Monday morning Cat – I don’t want you to forget the feeling of taking a walk at 7:45AM on a Monday morning. For a glorious hour, you are just a person simply enjoying life & nature. Congrats on waking up early, having a bit of a slow morning and enjoying life because you trulyContinue reading “Morning Excerpts”
5 personal finance resources for beginners
Two years ago, personal finance was a mystery to me. I didn’t have any grasp on my spending or saving habits and how they fluctuated over time. I thought that in order to invest, I had to spend a lot of time actively buying and selling stocks when apparently, that’s not the only way (orContinue reading “5 personal finance resources for beginners”
excerpts from my journal
12/20/19 Coming home and seeing my parents is always a little surreal, nostalgic and sad. surreal because most of my interaction with them now are on the phone so it’s weird coming back and seeing how much our house has changed and all of the new things they’ve bought, and how they prepare for theirContinue reading “excerpts from my journal”
compliments to myself
you have pretty dang good taste in music you have nice eyebrows you’re good at cooking you are a great listener you’re a really fast typer you’re great at grammar/spelling
being candid
me writing this stuff while listening to the songs linked below
The graduation post
After saying a final goodbye to my friends on Saturday evening, I was sitting in bed in my hotel room, capturing those firefly thoughts that tend to come to me in moments of transition.
The art of solicitation
so·lic·i·ta·tion: the act of asking for or trying to obtain something from someone.
5 ways I look back on my personal growth
Quarterly playlists These songs comprise my musical identity and the personal journey I’ve taken during my time at Northwestern. The songs I screamed and danced along to at concerts, listened to on my 30-minute walk to class, woke up to in my morning Snapchats (if you know, you know)…Making these playlists is one of myContinue reading “5 ways I look back on my personal growth”
What I learned from keeping a journal, part 2
We’re all going through our own shit. Whether we’re worried about finding a job, finding true love, or finding meaning in our everyday lives, everyone has their own internal struggle.
Cat Zhang 