If you live in the Midwest, you’ll always have something to complain about with your fellow Midwesterners: the weather. All of us know what it’s like to go through four season in one day, making it impossible to know how to dress. Discomfort becomes commonplace, not to mention the brutal winters that only seem to be getting worse by the year (in case you’ve forgotten … Continue reading In Defense of Midwest Weather
Here are some golden nuggets of sagely wisdom I’ve received in the past few months that have helped me along. “You’re smart if you enjoy what you do, and you do it passionately.” At the beginning of the year I was stressing about what major to declare. There was the pressure of picking a field with a fruitful job market; I sat through Intro … Continue reading Some Advice I’ve Gotten This Month:
Ever since I was in the 4th grade, I’ve wanted to be a writer. In fact, if you look in my 4th grade yearbook, you will see “future author” underneath my picture — though you probably wouldn’t look too far, those were the unfortunate haircut years. As a kid, I didn’t have many friends so obviously the most efficient way of gaining companionship was by … Continue reading Fulfilling Childhood Dreams
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