Answering questions about life in post-grad
I’ve been watching two shows on tales of love: Endeavor and Alice & Jack. Alice & Jack is explicitly about love, about its persistence, its ability to hope when there’s no reason to hope, about its ability to catch you off-guard and yet it’s what you’ve been looking for all along. And then there’s Endeavor. … Continue reading two tales on love
My generation has a new addiction. With shiny smart phones, fancy laptops, and all the other technological dreams we could ever need, our instant gratification problem has lent itself to the destination addiction. A likely scenario in your childhood - When you were a little kid, your parents may have taken you along for a … Continue reading Destination Addiction
Love is everywhere. It’s in the embrace of friends, it’s in the first moment of holding hands, it’s in mother’s kiss to her son’s cheek. It’s been in the air before Valentine’s day and it won’t stop after. Love and the potential of love is such a beautiful thing to be aware of. Love comes … Continue reading Where do we find love?
A few months ago, I heard this story on Invisibilia. I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts but none like this before. None where the story returned to my mind, days and weeks later. Wondering about what the meaning is - Who do you let in? In our society, it’s not hard to tell we … Continue reading who do you let in?
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of YA books. I know they are fiction but characters can feel so real - their mannerisms, their figures of speech. My imagination brings them to life. But after a good read, with a happy ending, I always come back to my own reality. The realness of it. I … Continue reading Hopelessness
Hey friends! I’ve recently been scrolling through the world wide web as one does, and I found some really interesting questions I wanted to ponder with you all. Instead of answering standard questions for you to learn a little more about me, I figured you all could get to know what I think and believe … Continue reading Deep Questions from the Web
Home for Thanksgiving break and I got vulnerability on my mind...
Be yourself The most cliche piece of advice is, you guessed it, be yourself! While we all love dolling out generic pieces of advice, do we even know what that means? What does it mean to be yourself? Are there moments where I am more myself than not? What do I need to do to … Continue reading Finding Your Identity
The Lover’s Dictionary flux, n. The natural state. Our moods change. Our lives change. Our feelings for each other change. Our bearings change. The song changes. The air changes. The temperature of the shower changes. Accept this. We must accept this. The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan is this out of order love story told … Continue reading How to deal with change in life
Worth. It takes me back to thinking about that famous quote from Perks of Being a Wallflower. Charlie asks the professor “Why do nice people choose the wrong people to date?” His teacher answers, “We accept the love we think we deserve.” Here, at the root of this acceptance is the idea of worth. We … Continue reading What defines your worth
Here I am again, after an unscheduled hiatus returning to the thing I love. You’d think that if I loved it so much, I’d have blog posts out daily, I’d be shouting my love for the blog on rooftops (or more likely, social media), I’d be utterly consumed by writing posts, creating graphics, all the … Continue reading Writer’s Block and Other Things
Last weekend, I went away to northern Virginia. My 2 and ½ hour ride led to me to a place in which I encountered a high ropes course. I had done a course like this before, but this one felt ominous. Still, I felt confident on the ground that I would be able to do … Continue reading Being Uncertain
Studying Life with Gigi 