Simplicity and Priorities

This year, I’ve read a lot about minimalism and simplifying my life. This past fall has been maybe the craziest semester I’ve ever had (and I’ve been a student for a long time), so I had to put all of that advice to the test. The "Simple Living Manifesto" post on the Zen Habits blog …

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Limited Internet Challenge

Do you ever have moments—or whole days or weeks—when you wished you spent less time on the internet? I feel like that more often than I’d like to admit. Not only is the internet, social media apps in particular, taking up time, but it’s also affecting my ability to focus. A video from the YouTuber …

Deadlines and Accountability: My NaNo Announcement

I work better with a deadline. A lot of people do. And it’s always been sort of built into my life in school. But when you’re doing something for yourself, something that doesn’t have a built-in deadline, then you have to make your own. So, I’ll choose a date and put it in my calendar …

Writing as Self-Care

So, it’s official: The semester is finished! (*cue confetti canon*) Over the coming weeks, I plan to do some serious catching up on my reading and writing. The end of the semester is always stressful, and while I have always managed to get all my work done eventually, I let my writing fall by the …

A Change of Scenery

So, this week is my university’s spring vacation, and I decided to make the 17-hour drive back to Massachusetts for break. I was worried that because I wasn’t at my apartment with campus and all of its impending responsibilities looming a few miles away, I wouldn’t be nearly as productive. But I’m on day two …