Embracing Simplicity at Christmas: A Practical Guide
Finding freedom from all the stuff during the Christmas season seems impossible. Not only do we want to buy that perfect gift for each of our loved ones, but we also…
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KatieConnors
This season doesn't have to be about excess.
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Stop Waiting to Live Your Life
This is the time of year we start to think about what we have or don’t have, usually spurring on our New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, start working out…
Stop Waiting to Live Your Life
Culture Five ways to make 2017 count. Share Facebook 275 Twitter 0 This is the time of year we start to think about what we have or don’t have, usually…
4 Things to Do When Life Doesn’t Go Your Way
With today’s current events and our own personal hurts or disappointments, it’s easy to become cynical under the assumption of wisdom or self-protection. We expect politicians to be dishonest or…
How to Grieve Well
When my dad passed away from cancer during my sophomore year of college, none of my friends had gone through this type of loss. Over the past ten years though,…
You Should Be Taking More Risks
Some people are risk-takers by nature, while others consistently seek the most comfortable outcome or practical solution. Of course, the right answer isn’t always the hardest, and we should deliberate…
Post-College Friendships Don’t Have to Be So Hard
I’ve gone through many different chapters of friendship—from college to post-college and early career, then to more established with more than half of my friends getting married. In these different…
6 Barriers to Finding ‘The One’
When a longtime friend asked me out in college, I immediately panicked and jumped out of the car, running into my dorm with little explanation. We might as well have…