published originally on the NU Chronicle As I set my alarm for Monday morning late on a Sunday night, I decided on 8AM, before remembering, oh wait, tomorrow is Monday! No makeup, which means I get to sleep an extra fifteen minutes. I won’t look as good, but haha, whatever. On Monday morning, I woke upContinue reading “No Makeup Mondays: An Evolution”
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4 Ways To Force Yourself to Stay Humble
1) No Makeup Mondays. I’m trying to commit to this in college, and it’s going pretty well so far. It’s not a complete solution to my insecurity, but hey, it’s a start. 2) Eating by yourself. Lots of people do it; at the dining halls here, loners eat in front of a TV together. Everyone’s on theirContinue reading “4 Ways To Force Yourself to Stay Humble”
What if, what if, what if?
There’s this post on tumblr: I don’t want to be creepy, but I don’t want to be empty either. It sort of just makes me think how we let social norms dictate our actions and how it ruins our lives because we DON’T do things because we don’t want to seem creepy or weird, andContinue reading “What if, what if, what if?”
Props to you
Have courage, like this ledge cat. People are effing courageous; are you aware? I mean everyone. New teachers could be new to a school or new to teaching, or both. They can slip up a few times the first semester and have only their mentor to aid them. They can walk into a cafeteriaContinue reading “Props to you”
I love my body; do you love yours?
In our society, insecurity and dissatisfaction with our own body comes from the media, along with which comes the overwhelming emphasis on physical attraction as the driving criteria of self-worth. Now, I’ve written about this before. But as you will have read and noticed by the theme of this blog, I am daily having newContinue reading “I love my body; do you love yours?”
The Pessimistic Fate of Future Generations
In 50 years, the world will be in chaos. The nuclear taboo will have be broken, and nuclear weapons will have destroyed the planet. We will finally have suffered the consequences of not taking nuclear threats seriously. Countries will acquire bio weapons and wreak chemical terror on others. And if scientists are incompetent enough to not knowContinue reading “The Pessimistic Fate of Future Generations”
Cat Zhang 