We’ve all had a moment where something horrible happened, but in the end, we looked back on it and realized it had taught us some important things. I had just such an experience last month and I want to share my takeaways with you — maybe you can learn them without going through all the frustrations! The unthinkable happened to…
You know, the world is full of people who can do absolutely anything they put their minds to, with a little creativity and elbow grease. There are also people who think they can do absolutely anything they put their minds to. I happen to fall into the latter category, and I’m also very into DIY and being frugal with money. So when…
Have you ever had one of those moments where a total stranger sensed that you had a need and they reached out to help you, and it really made all the difference? I was just remembering exactly that sort of moment. It was last semester, it was a Friday night, and I was absolutely buried under an unbelievable load. I…
A few weeks ago, I made one of the most stressful and expensive decisions of my life so far: buying my first car. I purchased a cute little Hyundai Elantra GT, and named her Susan. In our time together so far, I’ve learned a lot from her. In fact, I think that we can draw a lot of wisdom from…
So many times I’ve been crawling into bed at the end of a long, busy day filled with classes, meetings, homework, exercise, and friends and realized that the only prayer I said all day was during my morning quiet time. I’ve found that starting off a semester with good habits is the best way to keep them going through…
Particularly in light of the harrowing recent events in Charlottesville, the political conversations around my workplace have been heating up. My workstation is in a room with two guys I respect greatly, but we all have pretty different political ideas. One is a very traditional conservative, the other is a leftist libertarian, and I’m about as apolitical as you…
Everywhere we go in our lives, whether its the mall or work or school or church or Instagram, we get the idea that we need to be better than we are, we need to be doing more than we are, we need to be achieving and succeeding and accomplishing 24/7. While we certainly do need to be productive and take…
A coworker recently showed me an article (well, one of those click-bait articles, anyway) on Facebook about a girl who was kicked out of prom because her dress and dance moves were considered too suggestive by the school staff. The provided picture, a bathroom mirror selfie, wasn’t very clear, but the dress appeared to be a strapless bodycon type of…
I’m sure you’ve been in (or at least overheard) that conversation at work or school where people get heated over a hot button political issue and are prepared to die on the hill of their beliefs. We see this kind of exchange all the time on Facebook or the comments section of any number of websites. A few months ago,…
It’s that time of year — it’s a million degrees outside (or at least it is here in sunny North Carolina, my home sweet home), the bumblebees are everywhere, and it seems like the beach or the mountains are the place to be. But while you’re reveling in the flip flops and fruity beverages, it can be easy to let…
