Posts tagged "freedom"

Our teachers told us we were studying some of the greatest pieces of literature ever written, but most of us hardly believed it. In fact, I’d fashion a guess that most of us probably didn’t quite finish all the reading we were supposed to.

The options you have after your college graduation are vast, but which is the best choice for you?

This article is part of a series known as #30DaysOfThanks.  After graduating from college last December, I joined the hordes of twenty-somethings and moved back into my childhood home.After…

In the spring of 2013, I studied abroad in Oxford, England.Sometime during the semester, I decided I wanted to travel to Krakow, Poland to visit Auschwitz. I soon realized…

Since March, I have been on a six-month shopping ban.That means, other than necessities, I have forbidden myself from shopping. For me, shopping means buying clothes, shoes, jewelry or…

A few days ago, I read a quote that says, “Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.” I feel two ways about this.First, I somewhat agree: chaos and…

It’s that time of the year again.As February sneaks up on us, with it comes a celebration of candy hearts, bouquets of roses, and the infectious color of red….

We are in the age of technology and materialism.It seems as if everything revolves around how bright we can shine or how fast we can go. We have become…

Taylor Swift’s songwriting is on cue when she talks about her fellow twenty-somethings in her latest single, “22”. In the tune, she sings, “We’re happy, free, confused, and lonely at…