Hello, friends! So 2018 ended a hot minute ago, meaning 2019 also started a hot minute ago. In all honesty, I intended to talk about my winter break and the start of the new year over a month ago, but clearly that didn't happen. Instead, I'll just brief you on what's been going on. academic …
Continue reading Already February?: Starting 2019 & Ending 2018
Hello, friends! A little bit of a late post, but the end of the month kind of snuck up on me here. The month of August was a slow wrap up of my summer, ending with me moving back to school. Here's what I got up to for the end of my summer. academic This …
Continue reading The “I Gave Myself a Bit of Break” Blog: August Reflection 2018
Hello, friends! To be honest, this month started out rough. At the beginning of the summer (literally two months ago), I was filled with the adrenaline of starting new goals and getting things accomplished. But after a month of momentum in May, I realized just how much I was expecting of myself. And suddenly, I …
Hello, friends! Here is my monthly update on what I've been up to recently. May is my first month off of school so I've had a jumpstart on my summer and I'm excited to discuss what I've been working on. The most obvious change this past month has been my rebrand. As of May 15th, …
2016 has been quite a year. Globally, nationally, and personally, we've all experienced our fair share of chaos. For me, this was my first semester of college. I was introduced to a new school in a new city, with no familiar friends or family in the area. Aside from briefly talking to my roommate over …
"The English major is a sinking ship, and it is my job to hand you a life preserver." During my first week of college orientation, I found myself going to session after session, meeting teachers or counselors, my future classmates or future professors. The last of these was a department meeting, which meant I had to …
Continue reading Why Writers are Made for World Denomination
A life update (and apology).
It had been weeks. Weeks of silence. Days filled those weeks, hours droned out those days, minutes ticked by in the hours. Seconds, dreaded seconds pattered the minutes, like raindrops that fall just too hard and feel like a strike when they hit. Each second was that moment when you slip and start to …
She was trying not to look at the crown but her eyes were too drawn to it. It's jeweled embroidery crept into the corners of her thoughts, seeping into her consciousness. She cast several glances at it, but a snap from the maid about keeping her head straight shook her gaze forward for the rest of the …
Hello, friends! I'm starting to realize having a structured plan just might not work for me. I intended to do prompts on Mondays, tips on Wednesdays, and editorial/opinion type things on Fridays. I intend on keeping the prompts just for the sake of having some organization in my life. But aside from that, I …
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