Creating space to create: How to stop doomscrolling and fuel your creativity Why is it that all day I just want to go home and read, draw, cook, create… but instead I spend all night doomscrolling and watching reruns? I think a lot of us feel this way. We feel tied to our phones and […]
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Practicing Gratitude Even When Everything is Terrible Over the past few months, I’ve been struggling, feeling stuck and unable to see a clear path forward. I left my stable job, lived at my parents’ house for a while, and then moved to Australia with absolutely no plan, no job, and no stable housing. I struggled
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What is a personal curriculum? The concept of a “personal curriculum” has taken the internet by storm on platforms like TikTok and Instagram (check out @xparmesanprincessx on TikTok, who is widely credited with starting the trend), but what does it mean? It’s essentially a way to structure your time so that you can intentionally make
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I left my 9-5 civil service office job around six months ago. Since then, I packed up my entire life, said goodbye to loved ones, and set out for a new adventure in Australia. Have you ever felt that your life was set on a trajectory, and all the steps were laid out in front
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How do the five stages of grief work when it’s the death of democracy that you’re mourning? Denial comes first. I was living in Washington, DC, working for the federal government when this story takes place. At once, the future I had felt hopeful for was gone in an instant. Election results came in overnight,
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