Perks of Being a Sophomore
It’s easy to look back at this past year and be upset about how things turned out: I haven’t seen my friends for months, online classes are...
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What to Do When Someone You Know Is Struggling With Mental Health
Many of us have been in situations where a friend or loved one has struggled with their mental health on some level. We love them and want...
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How to Help Against COVID-19
It’s no doubt that social distancing and reading the news have been discouraging—from being frustrated at missing out on planned gatherings...
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The Best Free Workouts to Try During Quarantine
I’m generally an active person and I enjoy working out, but motivation has been at an all-time low during this period of quarantine. My bed...
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Things to Watch to Entertain Yourself While Stuck at Home
We’re pretty deep into quarantine at this point and I’m already running out of things to do. I go on about a million walks a day with my...
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Facetime, I Love You!
Obviously, this school year did not end the way I had envisioned it. Not only did I miss out on the classes, the parties and the dining...
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The *British* Netflix Series You Need Right Now
I hadn’t even been home for an hour before my mom, ever the sporadic Netflix-binger, placed her remarkably clean computer screen (so rare...
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In the Face of Fear
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act in spite of it.” I think a lot about the firefighters that stood in front of...
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Goal-Setting Only Works If You Do This
Concrete goal-setting has become more and more popular over the past couple of years. Companies like Passion Planner have created tools to...
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Every Notre Dame Girls Dorm as Flowers
It’s Spring. The flowers are blooming at home and I can only imagine what they look like on campus. Inspired by spring, here is my list of...
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Keep Reaching Out to Others
I am very proud of the acknowledgment I get during drinking games as “the friend who gives good advice” out of everyone in the circle. I...
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T-Swiz Albums: Ranked
Taylor Swift: you know her name, you know her songs and you probably have a strong opinion one way or another about her. It’s become a...
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Why D&D With My Family Is the Best Part of Quarantine
When it was first announced that we would be finishing the semester online, I was heartbroken that I wouldn’t be returning to campus or my...
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An Open Thank You Note to My Spring 2020 Professors
The semester ends in just over a week. This time last year, it was the end of my freshman year at Notre Dame and despite how drained I felt...
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When Breath Becomes Air: Inspo for my Fellow PreMeds
If I am like the average premed student, I know that we are constantly stressing over the prospect of becoming a doctor. Do I really want...
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Quarantine: the Perfect Excuse?
I have turned this isolation into my ideal world. I think people sometimes forget the value of silence, of having time, of enjoying our own...
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Ways to Keep Busy at Home
After more than a month of total quarantine, it can prove difficult to find new hobbies or activities at home. We all have a lot more time...
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Picking Up The Pieces
As I walked into the family room on Easter morning to watch mass on our T.V. screen, my eyes went to the corner of the room. For the past...
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It’s Okay To Not Be Okay
The coronavirus has brought on an onslaught of articles and social media posts about all the ways you can thrive during quarantine:...
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The Procrastination Struggle is Real
I’ve had a lot of tough battles with procrastination. Over the years, I’ve had nights with dangerously low amounts of sleep, a whole lot of...
