As my freshman year comes to a close, I’ve accumulated a list of my favorite phone apps that every freshman will need for their first year at college. Some of these are truly game changers and I highly recommend them. The Basics 1. Google Calendar Google Calendar is my holy grail. I’m not sure if… Read More Essential College Freshman Phone Apps
I could be writing about how to prevent sickness in college, but that would make me a hypocrite. Wash your hands, practice good hygiene, and stay away from sick people– do all that and you’ll probably still get sick somehow in college because of the communal bathrooms and crowded buses. Do you’re best to prevent… Read More What To Do When You’re Sick in College
We live in a society that favors extroverts over introverts. From working in groups in Kindergarten to presenting in front of the whole class to pitching ideas in work meetings, the extrovert qualities of being talkative, outgoing, and even at times, attention-seeking are often seen as superior to self-sufficient or quietly observant. I believe that… Read More An Introvert’s Guide to Adopting Extrovert Qualities
I am a planner. One glance at my Google Calendar, or my personal planner, or even at this blog and you’ll see a college student who seems like she has a lot of her life figured out. You’ll see that she plans to double major in computer science and economics and maybe minor in Math.… Read More You’re Not Where You Wanted To Be, And That’s OK.
As I lounge around at home because the coronavirus sent us home from college early, I have come up with a list of my favorite things to do when I’m stuck at home, especially for when I’m home alone. In this day and age, free time is hard to find. We spend every minute of… Read More How To Spend Your Free Time At Home
I am a first-year university student at Rutgers University. In just a couple of months, so much has happened. Now that I have officially completed my first semester of college, it is time to stop and reflect. My first semester flew by so quickly, and I can happily say that it went better than I… Read More College Freshman First Semester Reflection
I went on vacation to Italy for the first time ever over the summer. The views were breathtaking, and the memories were priceless. Here are some of my favorite photos that I took while I was there. I’m truly not a photographer, but everything in the country is so beautiful that anyone could take amazing… Read More Italy 2019
There are certain monumental moments in a person’s life that are commonly tied with growing up and maturing. Milestones like a baptism, the first day of kindergarten, graduations, getting a drivers license, a first drink, wedding, first house, having a baby, etc.—these are the things that end up in memory jars and photo albums. Sure,… Read More The Little Things in Growing Up are Underappreciated
There is a metal sculpture in my kitchen that reads in shiny gold wire: “Do It Now”. I bought this as a Christmas gift for my parents when I was in elementary school during one of those gifts shops at lunch. It was probably donated by a teacher who was decluttering their home. And, to… Read More Do It Now
In my AP Literature class, we had an assignment to write everything and anything on our minds on the topic of Friendship to mirror our stream of consciousness. In that 5-minute timed writing period, I dug into my feelings. Below is some of my 17-year-old insight on friendship. Sometimes, when it feels like my life… Read More Don’t Lose Yourself in the Idea of Best Friends Forever
Always Present with Ash 