Sponsored Post Difficult times can prove detrimental to one’s mental and physical health. Life is full of difficulties, but the problem with hard times is that people just do not see them as part of life. Most people will always be looking for happiness, and they will always try to escape any form of sadness. Sad times are not valued…
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12 Things To Do On Your 21st Birthday
Turning 21 is a huge milestone and deserves to be celebrated in style. Most people head straight to the bar upon turning 21, and, granted, this makes plenty of sense when you’ve been counting the days until you could legally buy a drink. While that can be fun, there are other ways to spend this special day (or night). Here…
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How Consent Can Help You Become More YOU: An Essay by YA Author Rayne Lacko
So much has happened since last semester. You’ve changed. Maybe you started hanging with new friends or had to say goodbye to someone you used to trust. Or maybe you decided to go vegan. Along the way, your view changed, and you along with it. And that’s OK. You’re growing, moving forward, becoming more you. “Becoming more you” is harder…
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Tips to Survive Freshman Year of High School
It is often said that high school is one of the most important milestones for just about any person. It is the point of your life where you aren’t an adult yet but won’t be categorized as a child either. It is often the first year that is the hardest for most people because you are moving from the top…
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Good Friends
Good friends are the people who acknowledge when you’re sad, when you’re struggling, and who do everything that’s possible to support you and make you feel like you’re not alone. Good friends are the people who you’re able to spend your time with and come away feeling fulfilled — feeling happy and loved and as though, no matter what happens,…
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College and 21st Century Courtship
Flash back to about seven months ago. It’s the middle of summer, and my boyfriend and I were knee-deep in a Say Yes to the Dress marathon. Bellies full of pizza, eyes humming, we stared at the TV and made occasional sounds of disdain or grunts of disbelief as the episode’s featured victims tried on their dresses and flashed their…
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Online Harassment: A Letter
To the grown man who harassed my friends on the Internet: I guess my main question is: Why? Don’t you have better things to do with your time? You had so many options. She called you out for your unfunny stand-up comedy routine and a joke you made trivializing sexual violence against women. The first and likely most sensible option would…
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How to Find Your Star — Career-Wise, That Is!
“So, what jobs are you thinking about for after college? Finance? Law? Medicine? Any careers that just tickle your pretty pink fancy???” Anyone over the age of seventeen has probably heard this question (or a less sarcastic variant) more times than they can count. Heck, there are probably some fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen-year-olds who are starting to get just as…
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I’m Not Rude, I’m Just Quiet
A group of friends sit together, giggling and tittering over idle gossip. Bouts of laughter strike sometimes, and all of them snicker over some joke. Each one of the girls contributes in telling her narrative. One, however, remains silent. Not in a harmful sense, though, because she pitches in her participation by bursting into laughter and sweetly smiling whenever someone…
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It’s Summer, So Have Fun with Friends!
Sometimes shopping and sleepovers can get a bit boring. This article is for those of you who’d like to spice it up a bit! Here are some other ways you can hang out with your friends. Go to a park It may sound old-fashioned, but go outside! Pack a sandwich, snacks, and a camera and go for a walk. Who…
