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    Mid-College Crisis: the solution installment

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    I’m experiencing a break-down. Not a relationship-related, my-life-is-over-because-he-doesn’t-love-me type of thing. No, this is the big leagues. This is the real stuff. I’m having a break down because my life is not fulfilling me. That sounds so depressing and morbid. I don’t mean it in a horrible way, just a point-blank statement that is raw ...
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    Case of the Mondays: Emotion Installment

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    Life is short. Life is so tragically, painfully short. My emotions are heightened recently because of a few things. One, because I am taking a class on emotions, so I am hyper-aware of all of mine and when I am experiencing them. Two, because people close to me have lost people close to them recently. ...
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    Collecting V-Cards

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    Happy Valentines Day! So today I thought I’d write about this holiday, which is debatebly the most useless one out there (although I am positive some of you readers would contest this). For the record, I have no problem with the concept of this holiday, and I am also not lonely or in need of a ...
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    Seeking Connection

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    I think I might be over this whole college thing. When I say that, I don’t mean the academic portion, although that can be draining. What I mean is that I’m over the college social life thing. I’m over the whole let’s-get-drunk-because-we-don’t-know-how-else-to-socialize thing. I’m over the surface-level communication and fake “oh, we definitely should get ...
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    Patience may be a virtue, but I don’t have it

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    Have you ever wanted something so badly, that you actually could feel your body tensing and itching? Your skin gets heated, and your cheeks turn red, and all you can think about is that one thing that you just absolutely have to have, right this second. Maybe that doesn’t happen to you, but it most certainly happens ...
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    Controversial Management

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    You know, I don’t travel through life looking for enemies. I normally wake up every day and try to be the best person I can be. Does that mean I screw up sometimes? Absolutely. Does that mean I’m perfect and everyone should be like me? Absolutely not. But that does mean that I am aware ...
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    13 Resolutions for 2013

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    Hello, blogging community! I have been slacking. It’s been about a month since I’ve last entered anything, so I apologize. Things have been crazy. Since it’s a new year, I thought I would make a post of 13 of my resolutions for the upcoming year. Some are silly, some are serious. Here we go! 1. ...
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    ‘Tis the Season: Must-do’s for the holidays

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    It’s officially December! I am still in disbelief. Time flies. In the midst of cramming for finals and gift-shopping, I am posting a list of things that one MUST DO during this month. So if you need a break from studying, laundry, facebook, or something else, try out some things on the list! 1. Listen ...
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    Puzzle Pieces

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    Well, here it is. The one-week mark of my unanticipated life journey. And here they are, the tears I’ve been keeping back so heroically all week. This week has been good for me, and I’ve undoubtedly made progress. But I still hurt. Waking up, I’ve found, is the hardest part. It’s that brief moment your brain has when ...
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    The Healing Process

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    Let’s face it: life sucks sometimes. The other day, I posted about an extremely personal topic. That took some bravery on my part. I had, and still don’t have, any idea who read it. I don’t even know if my (now ex) boyfriend read it. Probably not. But you know what? At least 300 of ...
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    An extremely personal post that just needed to happen.

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    Tonight I was broken up with. Maybe it’s inappropriate of me to write a blog post about it, but you know what? It’s my blog. And I can do whatever I want to. I never, not in a million years, could have foreseen this happening. if you asked me three days ago about my relationship, ...
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    My Take on Internships

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    Today I want to write about my opinion on internships. Say what you will about them, but I personally think colleges should add internship experience as a requirement to getting a degree. Because even though they aren’t “required”, if you don’t complete an internship before you graduate, good luck getting a job. Additionally, professors and ...
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    20 Things in 20 Years

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    My 21st birthday is in three days. What a monumental age! It will definitely change my college social-life sphere. Instead of making a post that talks about how excited I am to legally drink, I decided to take a more reflective stance. I’ve been on this earth for 20 years. What have I learned about ...
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    The Girl Who Cried Abroad

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      Call me crazy, but going abroad was the biggest internal debate my brain has had to entertain for awhile. When asked the question: do you want to study abroad? My answer was obviously: yes. Yes, of course I want to study abroad. Yes, I’d love to travel and drink and study somewhere foreign. The ...
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    Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy

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    Hello, blogging community! So I’ve been in hibernation for the past week…but I am back now, and I’m back with an invigorated spirit! So for today’s blog, I decided to make a collection of my favorite photos for the weekly photo challenge. This week’s photo challenge is happy. So the pictures I choose are all ...
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    Wine Wednesday

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    Hello, blogging community! So I haven’t blogged in about a week. It’s that point in the semester where everything happens at once and the work piles on; in addition to that, there are things like applying for study abroad, applying for internships, having a mid-college crisis about my choice of majors, and real-life homework, like ...
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    Ode to Fall

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    Today I went on a nature walk in the woods. The weather was beautiful–about 65, sunny, clear skies, perfect fall colors. During my little reflection time, I came to a place of full appreciation for the Northeast’s fall. I understand that we get cold weather, but I honestly don’t think any other place can beat ...
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    Three-Word Wednesday

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    So for today, I chose to do the 3-word Wednesday challenge (this is awesome! Check out the site: http://www.threewordwednesday.com/). Every week, three new words are posted. You can do anything with them. These are the three words: Chance; noun: A possibility of something happening; the occurrence and development of events in the absence of any ...
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    Excerpts from real life..what does that even mean?

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    So I titled my blog “Peacock Feathers and Elephant Ears: Excerpts from Real Life”. Why would I do that? What the heck kind of title IS that? Well, for starters, I go to Skidmore. Extra artsy, abstract, we-combine-things-that-don’t-make-any-sense-to-anyone-except-us kind of people. Peacocks and elephants are my favorite animals. So there’s the reasoning behind that. And ...
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    Blogging Virgin

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    This will be considered my first “real” post–ever! I am new to blogging, and I am not counting my tiny entry that took all of thirty seconds to write. Today, I will actually make a post and put some information on the web for all of my followers (ha, ha) to read. Happy thursday!! It ...
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    Hello world!

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    This is my first-ever blog, so I am going to be updating and trying to figure out the process as quickly as possible. I am so excited to enter the blogging world!

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