But First, Be Kind To Yourself

Four-eyes. Nerd. Loser. Wimp. These words may seem pretty innocuous now, even funny in the innocent nostalgia they bring up. But if you think back - wayyy back - before the internet was a thing, before the F word was just daily vocabulary, maybe back when you still had to fork up a nickel for …

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Welcome to the Real World Graduates, We’re All Mad Here!

Congratulations, class of 2017! Welcome to the moment you have been waiting for, the moment you have been working towards - your whole life sometimes it seems - and now that moment is here. It is a monumental bridge to cross, and you deserve every moment of celebration, of congratulatory adulation, and a little (or …

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Creativity is Not Benign

"Pick up the pen." No response, I wait, hold my breath. Tell myself again, "pick up the pen." Still, nothing happens. With a sigh - is that disappointment, or is it relief? - I reluctantly curl back into my ball of misery, resolving myself to self-pity. I am unhappy because I am not writing, and …

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