No One Cares
No one cares. No one cares what song you’re listening to right now. No one cares that you’ve just read five pages of the book…
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21 Things I Wish I Didn’t Know at 21
I used to think knowledge would make me stronger and make me feel in control, that understanding the world would make it easier to exist…
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Busy or just anxious: Will we ever know the difference?
Somewhere between color-coded Google Calendars and the pressure to “make the most” of every moment, being busy has become a personality trait. On a campus…
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Party Like You Have An 8 a.m.
YOLO, a phrase commonly used before doing something adrenaline-filled, to push yourself outside your comfort zone. You might be fulfilling your lifelong dream of skydiving,…
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Can We Relate To Punch The Monkey?
It’s Punch and his plushie against the world. If you didn’t know, Punch is a Japanese macaque who was abandoned and rejected by his mother…
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The World Rewards Audacity, Not Potential
I have spent too many nights sick to my stomach over decisions I haven’t even made yet. I am terrified of choosing wrong or terrified…
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Protecting Your Light Without Abandoning Your Fire
In 2026, we’re cultivating whimsy. It’s time to prioritize joy, nostalgia and creative expression as an antidote to doomscrolling, overconsumption and cultural burnout. Life should…
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The Beauty Inside Each Loss
As the new year kicks in, many people look back on all that they have accomplished as a way to highlight the year they are…
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Dear Me, Happy Birthday, Love Yourself
It’s Dec. 1, 2025. The time is 11 p.m., an hour until twelve. I sit in my twin XL bed fiddling with the fringe of…
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BDE: Big Diploma Energy
Talk nerdy to me. Every day we roll out of bed seeking knowledge, but we can’t do it without the complaining, agonizing and overall headache of…
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Birthday Blues
Birthdays are supposed to be a time of celebration. You’re a year older; you’ve made it around the sun yet again. Even though there’s so…
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We Are Mosaics
There’s an old saying that “we are mosaics of everyone we’ve ever met.” Every person who crosses our path, that we’ve loved, lost or only…
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My Last Seven Minutes
Hello VALLEY! I guess I have been on a philosophical kick, because this week I am back with another article that is sure to leave…
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The Spotlight Effect
There’s a psychological phenomenon that explains why when you trip on the divet in the sidewalk, you feel like everyone is staring, pointing and laughing….
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The Price of Community is Inconvenience
If you’re someone who enjoys reading AITA and other online stories that spark controversy over social norms, you may have seen the phrase “the price…
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I Would Hate If My Enemy Did That…
The idea is simple. Most of the things you would hate for your enemy to start doing, you probably want to do. This is a great indicator of what you wish you were doing for yourself. And hey, you don’t even need to have an enemy. Think about a person who wronged you. What would you not want to catch them doing?
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Reconnecting With Pink
Pink is more than just a color that is pleasing to the eye — it is deeply symbolic, especially for women. It transcends beyond aesthetics…
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At Your Bedside: What Your Nightstand Reveals About You
Bedside tables are like shrines of our most adored things — altars to loved ones, our passions and values. They hold only the most essential…
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Formula for Connection: Quantum Entanglement Theory
The universe is really just poetry if you think about it. Our mere existence is poetic on its own — our bodies born of the…
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Get Comfortable With Chaos
Your time at university is truly a unique experience that those who didn’t attend college will never understand. With the typical college education spanning four…
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