Likes, favorites, retweets, comments, and all those weird emotion things Facebook just added. We live for instant gratification. It's not because we're selfish, it's because of the Internet. It's because we not only have to look great in person but we also have to look great online. There is more than one impression to make…
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Forgetting Not Forgiving
The phrase goes: forgive and forget. Stop feeling the resent you feel towards someone and put it in the back of your mind. That person's mistake that caused you anger or hurt is gone forever and you move on with your life. I've never really been one to forgive because a lot of people ask…
Unintentional Asshole
Republished from 2015 No matter how much you want someone to change, the truth is they probably won't ever change. They won't ever become the person you thought they had the potential to be, especially if they were content in their ways before they met you. Whether it be a guy or a girl, some…
It’s Okay To Be An Attention Seeker
Self destructive behaviors are hard to avoid. You could be self centered, a bad listener, a serial dater, a player, a flirt - just someone who is constantly making things worse for themselves and for others. Social media makes it very easy for us to become jealous of others. We are constantly exposed to everyone…
The First Real Guy After the Last Real Heartbreak
It’s almost inevitable that once in your life you are going to get your heart broken. It’s not just going to be like that time one high school someone didn’t like you back or that other time in college where you gave someone your number and he didn’t text you. It’s going to be real. …
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A Day Without Social Media
I've seen a lot of people take breaks from Facebook or their phones and felt that they had good results from it. Ever since I updated my phone and saw how much time I was spending on apps, I decided it would be nice to designate a day to not use social media. I still…
I Don’t Know What I’m Doing And It’s Okay
If you eliminated all the people in your life asking you questions, pressuring you, and telling you what to do - where would you be? At one point in your life, you're going to have to fake it until you make it. That point in your life might just be now, in your 20's, when…
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How Our Generation Is Always Speed Dating
Republished from 6/13/15 We are sometimes called the "hookup culture" because of our lack of commitment. We kiss first, ask questions wayyyyyy later. Relationships aren't exactly what we're looking for right now and one reason behind this is because we are always speed dating. Not literally, we don't move from chair to chair at a…
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Falling In Love With Everyone and Everything
Republished from 4/5/15 Everywhere we turn, there are interesting people. Walk into class, stumble into the bar, open up twitter, and scroll through Instagram. You can find someone you have something in common with in every nook of your life. So how do you choose and how do you settle? I don't think our generation…
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