Experiences
A Schedule: Restricting or Liberating?
A to-do list. A plan. A schedule. A calendar. What are the differences between the four? Each can be completed only in succession. First, you must have a to-do list. Then, you incorporate your to-do list…
Two Years of Journaling: How I Started, Why I Will Keep on Doing It, and What I Get Out of It
January 30th marked the second anniversary of my first journal entry, which was exactly as follows: “January 30, 2018 Things To Do For Tomorrow: Apply to jobs on campus Talk to an advisor about taking one more…
The fine line between flattering and dejecting: Being Waitlisted
On February 1st 2019, I finished a personal statement for a summer health program that took me more than a month to feel extremely confident about. It took a week to write, then two weeks of rereading,…
How To Go From Mindless to Mindful: The Prequel
When I decided to share what I did to evolve from mindlessly scrolling to mindfully thinking early in the morning, which I attributed to a minor tweak in my daily morning routine, unfortunately, I neglected to discuss…
From Mindless to Mindful: One Life-Changing Routine
As recently as a quarter ago, my morning routine consisted of: sleepily checking the time checking to see the battery percentage on both my watch and my phone as if charging them overnight wouldn’t be enough to…