While I, and many other students, are excited to enter the summer season, there’s still an air of nervousness that follows. For me specifically, it’s the nervousness of graduating from college. The freedom granted is one I’ve never experienced before. It’s where I can freely move through the world without an academic pursuit. Now, it’s time to find myself and go out into the world.

On a personal level, freedom is not something that can be universally defined. What one person finds freeing could feel constricting to another. When working towards finding personal freedom within our lives, first ask yourself what that means to you.

Change is necessary and inevitable. Much like our personal lives, nature is unpredictable, yet always finds a way through. Spring is particularly a powerful metaphor for change as we explore a transitional period between the old and new.

When we think of change, it can sound both scary and exciting. While I know from firsthand experience that change can be incredible, I also know how intimidating it can be. Something I believe that everyone should keep in mind is that it is never too late to make a change in your life, whether it’s big or small!

While the nostalgia I feel for the game may be as simple as being a game I played in my youth, there is something deeper about Animal Crossing that evokes this feeling amongst many of its players.

Joy isn’t objective. It is up to us to define what it means. Joy is something we gather in small moments over time.

If you missed our event earlier this month, here is a quick recap on everything that happened that day!

We should always strive to continue changing, growing, and learning from our mistakes and past experiences.

Improving something doesn’t mean it didn’t contain good attributes prior, it just means it’s worth putting more time and effort into. The most important thing you can focus on while writing is just that—writing.

Living in fear of what others might think of you is a form of harmful self-obsession not many talk about.

Showing weakness is not a bad thing to be avoided at all costs, and neither is showing emotion. Expressing vulnerability is a neutral trait which will be fit for some circumstances, and unfit for others.

If you want your writing to come across similarly, try to include your own sense of humor in your writing, and experiment with slang.

Listening to uplifting songs and singing along also has the capacity to boost our moods by increasing the serotonin levels in our brains.

People outgrow each other. When the spark fades or you’re unfulfilled with another person, sometimes the answer is an ending. In your relationship with yourself, though, you can’t part ways. So how do you stay connected with you?

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