We’ve all had those moments where you’re hopping around trying to put heels on while applying lipstick because you just got home and were supposed to be somewhere ten minutes ago. Little time to go from day to night is stressful!! For the days where you are constantly go-go-go, you need some magic to happen… Read More Taking Outfits From Day to Night: 3 Ways
Growing up, I was a very healthy child. My immune system was incredibly healthy. My most severe illness up until college had been Strep throat, and a pretty minor case at that. By the end of my freshman year, I had racked up enough medications to start my own pharmacy. My immune health had dramatically… Read More How I Improved my Immune Health
Freshman year is one of tremendous growth and change. In fact, it is probably better suited to the famous Dickens quote “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” than any other time of your life will be. Your first year in college is all about learning through new experiences, adjusting… Read More Freshman Year Success: Habits to Build During Your First Month of College
If you’re a working college student like myself, or have any other combination of responsibilities in your life, you know how difficult it is to get and stay inspired on the daily! I have been struggling with finding inspiration since I started college, and even more once I started working again. These are some of… Read More Finding and Using Inspiration With A Busy Schedule
Travel is STRESSFUL. From overpacking to forgetting important items, traffic, confusing signs, foreign languages, dirty bathrooms, delayed flights and the flights themselves, it’s easy to be overwhelmed. In the end, the excitement of being in a new place (or back in a familiar one) is worth the stress. All of the beautiful things you’ll see… Read More Travel Essentials: What I Wear + What’s In My Bag
Time is said to be not linear, but circular, and as we all learned in one of our first geometry lessons, circles are made of an infinite amount of points. Circles, like time, are never-ending. Not everyone believes in starting fresh on January 1st. Many people don’t make resolutions or never follow through with the… Read More Happy New Year! – A Guide to New Year’s Resolutions
College in America is off-the-charts ridiculous when it comes to cost, and financial aid is a very common way of relieving some of the weight of college tuition. There are generally two types of financial aid for which you can apply. FAFSA Provided by the federal government, FAFSA stands for “free application for federal… Read More A Simple Guide to Financial Aid
School is back in season for most of us, or is starting back up soon, and that means early hours before the sun has risen, lots of coffee, and a whole lot of yawning. I used to be that person that would sleep till 4 in the afternoon, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve found… Read More How To Have Better Mornings
Once you hit junior year, the idea of college starts to become more real every day. Junior year is a great time to start preparing for college so that you are on schedule, and possibly ahead of the game. This post outlines some of the steps I took during junior year that can help everything… Read More Preparing for College: What You Should Be Doing During Junior Year
We all encounter the dreaded essays, projects, and test on non-fiction books during our school years. This summer I had to read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster and then use five of the chapters in the book to analyze a piece of classic literature in an essay (I chose Pride… Read More How to Take Notes from Non-Fiction Books