Category: blog

  • On Wanting

    For years, most of us here in the West have attached our happiness to getting the things that we want. We strive to be healthier and wealthier and to achieve our personal and career goals. Each new milestone we reach seems to reproduce the phenomenon of craving; we can always earn more money, have a…

  • Making the Case for Forgiveness

    I used to think of myself as a primarily “good” person. Never mind that the distinct moral poles of “good” and “bad” or even good and “evil” do not leave much room for the amazing amount of ambiguity or even neutrality that we encounter in our daily lives. It is easy to make judgments about…

  • How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome As A Writer (Collaboration)

    As a content creator and a writer, I can say that I have absolutely experienced imposter syndrome, especially when I first started out. Being a young and dumb eighteen year old can be a lot of fun but it comes with its set backs. I was barely eighteen when I started the blog and going…

  • Revolutionary Self-Care

    I recently engaged in “retail therapy.” My goal was to celebrate the fact that I had completed a difficult summer semester at my university…However, when I got home, I noticed that my excitement began to quickly fade into another oft-described emotion; “buyer’s regret.”…

  • Pride

    I was inspired to write this article about pride because LGBTQ+ Pride Month just passed. I’ve heard straight people ask why we “need” Pride. I’ve heard people of all races ask why we “need” specific months to recognize different racial groups or different levels of ability. Here’s my answer…

  • Productivity Obsession

    I don’t know about you, but I have a difficult time admitting when I’m bored or allowing myself to sit with those emotions. When we were growing up, my dad used to snarl, “If you’re bored, go learn something.” Depending on his mood, leisure was seen as something that didn’t have very much value, or…

  • As It Was (Music Review)

    The musical construction of the song is incredibly simple, but that isn’t to say that it’s lyrically bereft…

  • 5 Ways to Avoid Being Bored Online

    Do you find yourself engaging in endless scrolling…? Here are five ways that you can make the most of your streaming services and online entertainment.

  • The Angry Year

    It was the year of our LORD, 2020. We didn’t have a vaccine for COVID-19. The Democratic primaries were happening. George Floyd had just been murdered by Derek Chauvin. Most of us were in quarantine or were “essential workers” praised for fighting on the frontlines. I was angry, all the time. I wrote angry, impassioned…

  • 5 Things I Learned From My First Renaissance Faire

    I would travel the same path multiple times and it would feel like I would see something that I hadn’t noticed before. For example, I found myself crossing “The Troll Bridge” and there was a person in a troll costume crawling around in the brush besides it. There was this little kid behind them with…