How to Handle a Dwindling Friendship
Friends drifting apart is a fact of life, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to handle. The pandemic has been hard on relationships. Whether you’ve started to realize you don’t align with your friends on certain values, you’ve struggled to…
Stressed at Work? Here are 4 Ways to Help
Sometimes it seems like there’s not much you can do when stress is coming from external factors, but there’s always something you can control. For a long time, I wasn’t the best at handling stress. I don’t think you could…
The TikTok That Saved Me Hundreds of Dollars in Medical Bills
Sometimes, I learn things from TikTok. And now you can, too! Something I learned in 2020 is that medical bills are expensive. Even with insurance, for a simple medical procedure or office visit, you can sometimes be left with several…
How to Be Happy Alone
It might seem impossible, but you can be happy with yourself, even when you’re all alone. I’ve never considered myself a loner, per se, but I am by most definitions someone who would fall into that category. I spend much…
College Doesn’t Prepare You for the Post-Graduation Slump
But that doesn’t mean you won’t survive it. When I graduated college, I was on top of the world. I’d worked long and hard to finish my degree — late nights, insufferable classes, long hours at work and school — it was…
You Must Learn to Challenge Yourself
Sometimes, the only way to grow is to be uncomfortable. When I was growing up, I struggled with pushing myself out of my comfort zone. I was shy as a child and into my teen years, which sometimes made new…