Ready, Set, Graduate

One moment I was a lost freshman and the next I was preparing for my senior year. It feels like I blinked and life sped by without a warning. Friends who graduated this year cautioned me, “Take pictures!” “Soak it all in!” “Take advantage of being in college!”...

Make Your Past Your Past

Do you invest a lot of energy looking backwards? Has your past become the protagonist in the story of your life? Perhaps it is time to turn around and look at what is in front of you instead of belaboring over what is behind you. Many of us excel at “shoulda, couda,...

Are you obsessed with the package?

This past weekend I attended a beautiful wedding in Napa with a friend who needed a last minute date. Since I did not know the couple personally, I had very little information other than the schedule of events. The itinerary was fairly standard for a wedding weekend;...

When Life Dishes out Disappointment

I recently gathered with three of my best most amazing girlfriends for a dinner meeting to discuss a project we’re collaborating on. Soon we realized there was a fifth guest at our table: disappointment. Our business agenda was scraped as we realized our plates...

Review: Community College Success by Isa Adney

Perusing the shelves of reference and study aid books at Barnes & Noble, between the MCAT and SAT books, there are a select few manuals to help college students. However, the vast majority of them have themes along the lines of: “How to survive living with a...