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So you’re done with your dissertation…what now? Oh the dreaded “Now What” question. I never thought I’d be asking this question so far into my twenties. I mean, you’re supposed to have it all figured out by 26, right? Like,…
Continue readingThe Perfect Bookish Holiday If you’re into books, Gladstone’s library could be a dream come true. It’s a residential library founded by former Prime Minister William Gladstone that hosts visitors and students in affordable bed and breakfast accommodation. They strive…
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If I don’t have another task to complete, I tend to hit refresh on Facebook until my eyes cross. It’s as if my brain were programmed with this as default: IF no tasks THEN refresh Facebook. The trick, I think, is setting tasks in my internal library.
Continue readingDo I like to travel? For anyone who knows me, this may seem like a “duh” question. I have spent the last month and a half in four different countries and I’m not heading home for another week. But somebody…
Continue readingThis weekend, I was chatting to a girlfriend about “the guy situation” in each of our lives, and I found out something very peculiar: what I thought was a unique problem I had was in fact shared. Here’s the problem:…
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You’ve heard about Tinder from “people”. You can’t seem to remember who told you about it, just that someone did. Maybe it’s on everyone’s subconscious minds and the information gets shared telepathically.
Continue readingThis semester I joined my university’s climbing gym I’ve climbed off and on over the years, but never as more than a hobby. As a kid, I couldn’t get enough of it at summer camp and was often the only…
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Just as I would not dive into writing a novel without first getting to know my characters, I cannot dive into a business without first getting to know my product and the market in which I’ll be offering it.
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OK, so you’ve just broken up with your boyfriend. You’ve been shoveling Ben and Jerry’s down your throat for a month now, and you’ve watched Ever After a total of 18 times. It’s time to move on. Problem is, you’ve forgotten how to meet people. You have some vague memory of meeting your ex at a college party where you undoubtedly held a scintillating conversation/spilled beer on each other and concluded the night holding hands gazing out at a scenic lake/retention pond. At least, that’s how you remember it.
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I have met Emma Roberts, and I’ve had maybe two brief conversations with her, but other than that I don’t know a thing about her. Makes you think, when tabloids mention a “source close to” whatever celebrity they’re reporting on, do they mean people like me?
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