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The Grit
My personal essays and field notes on being brave in your 20s, career-building, and travel.
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I Blame the Multiplication Tables
I knew who I was at seven: a story about why I love to write and why we should trust our little-kid selves.
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I Blame the Multiplication Tables
I knew who I was at seven: a story about why I love to write and why we should trust our little-kid selves.
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Being mean is so 2017
A short essay on kindness, empathy, and the difference between honesty and cruelty.
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Roses and thorns of being a collegiate senior
The unexpected highs and lows of collegiate senior year and what I wish I had known.
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On jealousy, airplane seats, and birds that make me cry
Eight journal entries that I never thought would see the light of day.
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Apologies to people I don’t talk to anymore
What do Hinge boys, theatre directors, childhood best friends, and ex-boyfriends have in common? I owe them all an apology…
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Stop with the negative self-talk
How I shaped the way I talk to the person I spend the most time with.
