Tomorrow, I will be embarking on my journey home to the United States. As such, there will be a hold on new written posts until a week from now (as I recover from jetlag and all the residual sadness of leaving. However! You can enjoy a series of photo posts from my trip for the […]
I’m a pretty emotional person. Much of my writing comes from the same place of vulnerability that causes me to tear up when Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbledon and to feel inspired by the words of Margaret Cho on dieting. However, though I know this about myself – that my emotions can get antsy […]
Apropos of my Tuesday post on the college environment (and to kick off the start of this academic break), I wanted to talk about the extended break I took from creative endeavors for the past few weeks. You might be wondering: “Why talk about taking breaks? It’s cool, we all take them.” But for me, […]
Last week, I found myself in a locked room. I had no key to get out, so I knocked – lightly at first, but then more insistently – hoping someone could come to my aid. No reply. I proceeded to become more and more frustrated and sincerely thought about throwing myself against the door, screaming, […]
(via ICanHasCheezburger) I am really good at not taking breaks. These past few weeks, I have been going through meteoric stress levels, intense weather changes that prompted severe illness, and general hopelessness towards completing personal goals. I tell myself that I need to take breaks and make it about me for a while, but […]