Erika is a pre-med honors student in the Lyman Briggs college at MSU. With 3 majors there isn't a lot of time for much else but she loves writing whenever she can, going on spontaneous adventures, and thinks there is nothing better than late-night (early morning) conversations with your closest friends.
Whether you are the first person or the 100th person that someone is telling about their experience, the way you respond has the power to be crucial in how they open up in the future. So what do you do? What should you say?
Everything is altered and perfected and even the models we wish we looked like don't actually look like that, but that doesn't stop us from wishing. I know that I am not the only one who feels this way, and lately, I've been needing a brutally honest pep talk to remind myself to have confidence in my body. Here is my best attempt to provide that to everyone out there who may be feeling the same way.
It started with the ringtone of my cell phone With organic chemistry With wishing for a second week of spring break It started like the day before And the day before that
If you aren’t currently in a relationship either, you know how February 14 can be very lonely. But fear not! Here are five ways that you can celebrate Valentine’s Day as the single queen you are.
So your college student has moved back home.
It’s a week unlike any other. It’s a week we all want to be over even before it has begun. But in all of that, it’s a week of beauty.
Whether this is due to a positive test, a possible exposure, or because you are self isolating before returning home for the holidays┄you are stuck in a small room and running out of things to keep you occupied.
Now that October is over, I can successfully say that there is another year of #AdamsActs under my belt. If this is the first you are...
Whether you have been on the journey with me this month or are hearing about it for the first time right now, I am completing 31 random acts of kindness for the 31 days of October in a challenge called #AdamsActs.
If you haven’t been following along so far, #AdamsActs is a 31 day kindness challenge in which I will be attempting to complete one (or more) random act of kindness each day throughout the month of October.
I don’t think there is any better feeling in the world than knowing you are the reason for the smile on someone’s face, especially when it’s a smile you love to see. Kindness can do that.
No matter the situation, kindness isn’t going to hurt.
Spread kindness like confetti and use October as a chance to start.
While I am proud to say that I did redo everything I wanted to, and got it done before school started, I am more proud of the fact that I did everything myself. From removing bifold doors and putting a new system in their place to repurposing my trundle bed into under-the-bed storage, I figured out how to do it all myself.
It’s the age-old saying we have all heard; when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. The concept is inspiring— take the negatives that we...
So here’s the point, just because this summer looks different doesn’t mean it can’t be one to remember.
Yes, I am a Christian. Yes, I support the LGBTQ+ community.
Here are a couple of ways that I force my own motivation when I’d rather binge that third season on Netflix.
It seems like every month is National “Something” Month. For many, this is never more than a new Google Doodle and an announcement on the...