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My tips for dealing with sickness
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So, not to say I am an expert on being sick, but as someone who has had both Covid and the flu (…I am writing this while I have the flu) within a 3 month span, I’ve gotten pretty accustomed to being ill.
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What I would tell people who are about to apply to college
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Applying to college is hard. So, so, so hard. And, that is for many reasons. First, the actual act of applying to college is tough. Writing essays, figuring out common app, selecting your activities, all of those activities take hours. I knew going into senior year that applying to college was a hard process from…
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My college decision ( and the essays that got me into Brown)
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What a weird post to be making. College has been something that I have been looking forwards to for years. Literally since I was 6-7. I’m thrilled to say that I am going to be attending Brown University in the fall! At first, I kind of thought I was going to go to FSU, then…
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The underwhelming-ness of turning 18
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I turned 18 this past weekend, and although I wasn’t really sure what I was expecting, it fell short of whatever that was. I didn’t expect to feel like an adult or anything, but I feel like the media hypes turning 18 up so much that I really couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed. And, to…
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We need to rethink the “dream school” mentality
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So, I’m a senior, right? That means I am currently in the midst of applying to college, which is a very hard, emotional process. Today while I was walking my dogs, that got me thinking about the evolution of what I considered to be my “dream school” over the course of high school (hint: it…
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Living for myself
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Today I went to the gulf with the full intention of having my own Edna Pontellier moment, minus the dying. Unfortunately, the Red Flag warning and Rip Tide warnings deterred me from doing so. My whole high school career, and life to be honest, I have lived for other people. I have done what will…
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Grief, even over a pet, has no timeline
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I think that we all have a tendency to think that losing a pet, especially a cherish pet, or even a “soul pet” is easier to deal with. While I don’t want to compare the 2, I think that society in general needs to have a little more compassion to those dealing with losing a…
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Disillusionment during senior year
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Well, I’m back from my holiday hiatus. I think that one myth, that I believed to be true, was that junior year is terrible and then suddenly, senior year is sunshine and rainbows. Well, I think that myth is fake. I have certainly had some fun memories this year, but the narrative that life suddenly…
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Holidays from the perspective of someone who has had an eating disorder
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I think that holidays can be a really bittersweet time of year for many of us. While they can be incredibly happy, they can also bring a lot of us a lot of stress. Holidays are very stressful for those who have/had an eating disorder, and that’s because a lot of holidays are centered around…
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The hardest part about recovery
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I would like to extend a warning of sorts, in this post I do talk about my experiences with Bulimia and purging. I thought that this post was important as even though I have discussed my experience with Anorexia a lot, I haven’t really addressed my experiences with Bulimia. I would say that the hardest…