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I remember the first time that I thought about my future.  I was sitting in the theatre at the high school, play practice had just ended, and everyone was getting ready to go home. I was 12 - my birthday being a couple months ago, so it was pretty fresh. I remember sitting in the seat in the front row right corner that was nestled at the end of stage right… and I couldn’t see myself living past the age of 18.  The idea of being as old as I am now was never something that I wa

It is Careers in Student Affairs Month! As this month slowly draws to a close during my second official year when I have a “big kid” job in student affairs, I find myself reflecting on how and why I ended up here.  When I first started my collegiate career I was lost. Everyone around me was making friends and finding their place on campus… I was not. For much of that first semester of my undergrad experience, I was looking into transferring to a different institution. Telling

I’ve been sitting here staring at a blank page for what feels like forever, hoping the words would just appear - like magic. That...

If I were to go back and meet my younger self, I can already imagine how things would play out.  We would meet at Coffee Corner, our safe...

Healing is not linear.  A simple statement that holds a lot of weight for me right now. There have been many ups and downs in my attempt...

To whom it may concern (read: you), I have often been the type of person who craves human connection. I constantly feel like I need to be...

I think it’s time I address something that I preach so often to my students, but so seldom follow myself. The idea that we are people...

Much like the crawl spaces that we all have in our homes, the mind can be a dark place. Sometimes it can become so overwhelming that we...

You will never be prepared for the moment you realize that you are becoming the “long distance friend” and don’t get to experience...

There is much in our lives that can lead to feelings of fear. When we are children it feels much easier because they are the monsters...

May is wrapping up, and so is my time in Muncie. Next week at this time I will be sitting in Michigan and preparing for my first...

As I have been going through my own system of thoughts lately, I find myself reminding others of how important they are. Be it on the...

I’d like to believe that there are many things that I was prepared for when it comes to being an adult. From a young age my mother made...

I am 23 years old. I am essentially just starting my life. But for those that need to hear it, here are some things that they don’t tell...

It is 12:30 am on a Saturday and I am sitting in the basement of the place where I work attempting to study for a class that will...

When you’re a senior in high school and preparing for graduation, it feels like your whole life is shifting and nothing is going to stay...

If you say something enough times, it tends to stick. I am happy. It’s like manifestation, only this requires minimal energy for those of...

We all go through it. We all have moments when we doubt ourselves, our capabilities, and the people that claim they love us. We all have...

I hope you let them love you. I hope that one day you wake up and it is so clear that the person who is lying next to you is someone who...

It’s that time of year when everyone begins to start stating their resolutions for the new year. I have never been the type of person to...