FROM A Letter I Wrote at Age 16
It’s a Wednesday in June 2008. I’m sitting in a second floor classroom with a faded map of Europe drawn on the floor. I…
FROM NO MORE DRINKS
This is what I learned when I stopped drinking for a month: I Have Abs! It’s a no-brainer. Beer has about 150 calories…
FROM I CAN’T HANDLE IT ALL
“You find out you’re finite. And for a guy like me who’s really Type A, put me to work, give me more, do more!…
FROM WHAT I WISH I KNEW IN HIGH SCHOOL
I spoke to a group of 40 high-school women this weekend. 40 of them sat in front of me and listened to a laundry…
FROM LESSONS LEARNED GOING TO A BIG SCHOOL
Large colleges and universities are often depicted as impersonal, get-lost-in-the-crowd types of institutions. Some say it’s better to be a big fish in the…
FROM FAILURE MAKES YOU A HERO
I talk about failure a lot these days. I find it empowering and necessary. I find it quite hard to do. The other day…
FROM 6 THINGS I LEARNED WHILE STARTING A BLOG
Future bloggers all share a similar moment where they realize they have something to say, so they decide to start a blog and then…
FROM HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU
Saying I love you is hard. Especially when you’re saying it to other people. It’s easy, sometimes. Like when there’s a really adorable puppy…
FROM STUDYING ABROAD
You might be tempted to roll your eyes at the friend who claims she’s become a new person after studying abroad. A few months…
FROM FEELING INVISIBLE
I wasn’t going to write a new post this week. Because it’s almost a holiday weekend and I thought about taking the night off…