My palms sweat, my heart drops, my hands clench, there's only one place I could be– behind the wheel. Driving has become one of the most anxiety inducing challenges for me, but it wasn't always this...

Picture this: It’s finally Friday and you’re ready to go home. At 2:50, right before the bell, your teacher begins strolling between desks, handing back the biology quizzes from earlier in the week,...

On April 7th, 2022, I had my heart absolutely ripped out of my chest. I was blindsided by a truth that no one, including myself, could’ve ever seen coming. I heard words I never thought I would hear...

I go to the Urban Outfitters at UTC mall. I try on a green, patterned sweater and look in the mirror, suddenly my love for the garment diminishes. I see myself standing in the mirror, looking twenty pounds...

From Barbies to iPhones, Hot Wheels to real cars, and tag on the playground to winning prom queen, our priorities change as we go through life. As we get older, we value different things, and this shift...

In life, we are always itching. There’s an itch when you need to get out of the house, and there’s that itch when you think about something that bugs you.  And there’s the itch to do something great...

They say not to judge a person until “you walk a mile in their shoes” and see the world from their perspective. Otherwise, you may be quick to make assumptions without even realizing what they have...

I spent years dreaming about attending Cornell. To me, it was perfect. It had just the right amount of prestige, without the daunting single digit acceptance rate of its fellow Ivy League members. It was...

“It is only when you see your shadow in others that you can begin to understand it.” This is what my mother has told me all my life, but I never really understood what she meant until recently. We...

150 pounds. That’s the number I saw when I first stepped on the doctor’s scale in 4th grade. Growing up, I was always the biggest kid in my grade. Did I ever stop and think about it? No, I mean,...

For the majority of my life, I was absolutely enchanted by the idea of growing up. Whenever things would get hard, I would just remind myself that soon enough I would be leaving all my troubles behind...

We all know that guy. You know, the guy who refuses to listen to Harry Styles because he “only makes music for girls.” He feels that the music isn’t “masculine” enough for him to listen to, but...