Anyone else feeling the pressure and stress of sophomore year? I am too, but it can be a lot less scary with perspective.
In our busy lives it can feel useful to look to the future for a time when things will calm down and we can get a reset. But does...
According to the American Institute of Stress, 80% of college students experience frequent stress. Frankly, I was surprised the number was this low. Walking through the UCSB library every...
Nine months ago, I read Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Six months ago, I had my first run-in with chronic insomnia. This past month, I alternated...
POV: It’s your last semester as an undergraduate, and mentally you want to quit. When I heard the term “senioritis,” I thought it was a phase only high school...
If you read my first article last school year, you know that I have a bad habit of stressing out during syllabus week. And by bad habit, I mean...
Hold your breath, we are officially in the last few weeks of the semester! Though it’s still snowing here, summer break is around the corner and the thought of...
I got my cat, Oreo, when she was just a kitten, the summer before my freshman year of high school. I was 14, but knew I was ready to...
I am sure we are all somewhat familiar with burnout, but to explain it to those who have not, burnout is a state of complete exhaustion fueled by copious...
We’ve hit that point in the semester when schedules are packed and everything seems so overwhelming it can be hard not to cry if you think about it too...