Answering questions about life in post-grad
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—where I share with you the books I’ve delighted this year. My Goodreads goal was 100 books, and I made it to 103. I definitely won’t be attempting this goal again anytime soon . I really want to read longer books next year, but this was a cool … Continue reading my best books of 2023
I know I haven’t been the best at sharing my Columbia life, but I did want to share the last day of fall semester with you. Fall semester was hard, and was super super busy, but I’m glad it’s time to rest and relax (even while working on my Master’s project). Friday December 15, 2023 … Continue reading Last day of fall semester | columbia chronicles
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Spotify Wrapped season! It’s time to discuss all things 2023 music and jams that I loved. Side note: sorry for my absence on the blog lately. School has been taking over my life. Trying to post when I can, but it’s not been easy. Didn't mean to take a month off, … Continue reading best songs of the year: 2023
These days, due to the whole being-in-grad-school thing, I don’t have much time to travel for weekends. (Unfortunately, there isn’t such a thing as being off from your work. A thing I’m grappling with in whether or not I want to be a reporter.) But I booked a weekend off a week in advance to … Continue reading autumn girlie weekend in connecticut
Hello friends! Hope the fall weather hasn’t been too chilly for you! As for me, I’ve been working hard as a reporter in New York City. It’s often been a challenge but it’s also been a great way to learn about a million different subjects and get a taste of what every industry has to … Continue reading a Journalist’s guide to life
As a grad student, life is expensive. But a grad student in New York City is just pure insanity. Saving money is absolutely essential. Living here, things are way more expensive than they need to be. Just this weekend, I bought a small cup of Earl Grey tea for 4 dollars. 4 dollars! I could’ve … Continue reading how to save money as a grad student
Happy Wednesday, friends! Hope it has not been raining consecutively for 5 weekends straight where you are. Maybe the sun hasn’t been hiding its face for you. At least, I hope not. While I’ve had a few blogs be more about my life, my favorite blog posts to write are all about my thoughts. This … Continue reading Church, peace, and butterflies
Life has been CRAZY lately. The ups and downs have been wild. I don’t think I expected schoolwork to take up my whole life the way it has. I feel like I’m either in class or doing class work and trying to make plans with friends has been next to impossible. All in all, we’re … Continue reading grad school day in my life
Well folks, sometimes life hands you a bad hand. This blog post was supposed to be a recap of a trip I had planned for months, but NYC transit flooding meant that I stayed home. So instead of sharing with you the wonder of a new place (the trip is now set for next spring, … Continue reading i like their thoughts
Something my reporting professor said in early September made me realize I want to be a writer. I’ve always wanted to be a writer. But the funny thing about that desire is that it’s under the heavier ones. Ones like having a job and having people understand what it means to do the work you … Continue reading an inner voice makes itself heard
Romantic love is capacious. And I mean that not in the mystical sense - it cannot contain anything or everything and it is never without conditions - but rather it is capacious in the daily way that any expression of love might also express trust, doubt, regret, resignation, humor, self-congratulation, or sacrifice. Love can contain … Continue reading the stories we tell about love
One of the posts I’ve been looking forward to writing as a Columbia student is a morning routine. I love morning routines! Even though (if I’m honest) my morning routine hasn’t changed a ton since I was in undergrad at UVA, I am still writing this for memory's sake. Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Every morning … Continue reading a morning routine | Columbia chronicles
Studying Life with Gigi 