Comfort vs. Contentment
Comfort and contentment– two distinct feelings that have often been viewed synonymously. It can be difficult to differentiate between feeling comfortable and being truly content,…
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It’s Not You, It’s Them
It’s a problem that not only Happy Valley faces, but a problem that every single or taken college student struggles with. The stigma of having…
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Dear Cupid, What Happened?
Ding! You look down at your phone and see the bright yellow icon with a tiny white ghost appear on your screen. It’s a chat…
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Ballots > Boho Chic
Chic: “fashionable and sophisticated”. So many young adults are focused on growing up, looking classy, or being seen as chic. But true sophistication starts from…
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Sour Not Sweet
“Sour candy for panic attacks? I learned this one from one of my clients.” This was voiced in a video posted on TikTok by Micheline…
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Enjoy the butterflies
Endeavoring on a new sport, hobby or career is an extremely humbling enterprise. It requires putting yourself out there, accepting failure and allowing yourself to…
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Opinion: 50 Days Left
Well, well, well everyone the time has now arrived. The birds are chirping and cafe bells of 50 days of drinks are ringing. We are…
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Cleopatra, The Original Undoer of Men
Cleo meets Frank on News Year Eve in a perfect, cliché union. They ride the same elevator together and begin to banter, begin to flirt,…
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Think Before You Speak!
Would freedom exist if there wasn’t a word for it? What about the feeling of shame, if it went by another name? The way that…
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The Best Platform You’re Not Using: Substack
Upcoming writers, journalists or simply people who just like to journal need to learn about Substack. A lot of aspiring writers are not aware of…
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Fill Your Own Cup First
In a society so heavily dependent on relationships, it is easy to overwhelm yourself by feeding into the relationships with others, instead of your relationship with yourself.
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The Importance of the Backbone
Confrontation is one of the most difficult yet necessary foundations between individuals. It’s easy when it involves someone you care about. Standing up for them…
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Chronically Single? Date Yourself Instead
Rom-coms tell stories and demonstrate archetypes in friendships and relationships. You know Andie Anderson from How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, but who…
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Breakup With Your Ugly Boyfriend
We know what you’re probably thinking. Harsh title right? Wrong. Let us elaborate. Breakup with your ugly boyfriend. How you interpret the word ugly is…
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I Met My Younger Self for Coffee
I met my younger self for coffee the other day. She ordered a chocolate milkshake with extra whipped cream. I got an iced latte. She…
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First Love Theory
Love is a crazy concept. Its emotions are like bombs that could be set off at any second. “Love makes you crazy” isn’t just a…
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But I Want to Be Everything
Are you a clean girl? A cottage-core girl? What about an indie sleaze girl? It seems like a new aesthetic of “girl” pops up on…
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What Timothée Chalamet’s SAG Awards Speech Can Teach Us About Self Confidence
It’s easy to minimize our accomplishments and question if we really deserve them. Even if we are proud of ourselves, it’s expected that we minimize…
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The 80/ 20 rule
In an ideal world, everyday we could all eat a dozen donuts and a box of pizza after a long night out without suffering the consequences. The harsh reality is that is not the way to a healthy lifestyle. On the other hand, a life that only consists of salads, gym workouts and journaling is also not the best. There is a happy median with a lifestyle commonly known as the “80/20 rule”— a way to get the best of both worlds.
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The Reflection of Your Room
Since Valentine’s Day just passed, a TikTok trend has been circulating where users write “a girl’s room is a reflection of the boy she loves.”…
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