What I Really Learned In Grad School: Quarter 1

What I Really Learned in Grad School: Quarter One Obviously, it’s been a minute since my last post. If you are wondering what the hell happened to me these last 2.5 months, the answer is very simple: grad school. The quarter system, having 10 weeks of class, 15 hours a week, was far more intense

Vote!

Today is national voter registration day, and the election is 42 days away. While I’m sure you are getting inundated with information on voter registration, I want to reinforce this. The right to vote is something that I am super passionate about; arguably, it is one of my largest passions.  Why do I, or why

Imposter Syndrome, Part II

For the past 5 days, my head has absolutely been spinning. It was five days ago that I started orientation for my grad program; that I stepped foot on campus and realized, Oh crap, what have I gotten myself into? Meeting and chatting with my future classmates, I realized how excited I was to be

Patience- A Real Virtue

On a fresh, fall like morning, I walked up to the front door (of a house that isn’t mine) after a run, feeling refreshed and exhilarated. This is going to be a GREAT day, I thought to myself. Upon walking into the house, I saw a suspicious brown substance on the carpet. Dog poop. Just

Balancing Compassion and Empathy

There’s a common adage that you are your own best friend and your own worst enemy. For me, I’m constantly struggling balancing being critical of myself while allso advocating for my self, because, at the end of the day, I know that I am my own biggest asset. Even so, I have trouble treating myself

Living Alone Without Being Lonely

For my entire life, I’ve been a big proponent of alone time. When filling out my rooming preferences for my freshman year of college, I actually requested a single. If I was going to be surrounded by a lot of people all the time, I was going to NEED my own space. While on a

Defining your (COVID) Relationships

The summer seems to be flying by this year, and I continue to attribute that to lack of variety in my activities. My days pass by as I work from home, workout, go to the pool to tan, cook dinner, and go to bed early. Every once in a while, I see friends. Usually, I

Handling Transitions

2020 has brought us a lot of things, but for me and a good amount of my friends, it is bringing us to transitions in lifestyles and careers. Whether you are moving to a new apartment, changing jobs, shifting into going back to school, ending a relationship, starting one, and more, transitions are extremely hard

Fear- Full

Staring down at the ocean from the beautiful Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, I watch my friends jump off the cliffs into the ocean. Meanwhile, my legs pull back to safer ground, trembling. My friends inquire as to why I won’t jump off with them. I stare blankly, and stammer some kind of reply like

Unpack your “normal”

You may have noticed, you may have not- I haven’t been posting on this blog for a couple of weeks. The reason? I want to be in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. I have become increasingly aware that my role was not to be making posts and speaking from my experience, but to