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On Being Awesome, and the Importance of Community

If you’ve ever seen the phrase “DFTBA” floating around the internet, you may have wondered what it means. “DFTBA” is an initialism that stands for “Don’t Forget to Be Awesome.” I heard it for the first...

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How to Step into Uncertainty And Get Closer to What You Want

Life is full of uncertainty, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If life were never uncertain, it would be boring. So why do we crave change and variety so much, yet become frightened when it...

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Is The Grass Always Greener? (Confessions of a Quitter)

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been the “anywhere but here” girl. A true fact about me: I have never started and finished at the same school. I hated my public elementary school so much that I...

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What is Anxiety Disorder?

In previous posts, I’ve mentioned that I’ve dealt with anxiety disorder for most of my life. Although I think mental illness is becoming less and less stigmatized with time, I’ve noticed that anxiety...

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On (Not) Being a Failure: My Post-College Journey

When I graduated college in 2009, I had a plan. I would move back home and live with my mom until I found an entry-level job as a writer or editor. Then I would get an apartment, maybe move in with my...

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My Quarter-Life Crisis (An Introduction)

It may be best to begin this blog with where I am right now. I graduated college a year ago with a degree in English. I always thought I’d graduate college, find an entry level job in my field, maybe...

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Writers and Confidence

“Writers” and “confidence.” Those two words rarely seem to go hand-in-hand. Writers, along with most other types of artists, often suffer from a severe lack of confidence in their talent and ability. I...

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Who Am I, Really?

Lately I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about who I really am. I’m not sure there’s a “true self” exactly. I think all of us are a big mess of contradictions and personalities. For example, some...

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