Tag: self-improvement

  • Dealing with disappointment

    Dealing with disappointment

    Disappointment is an inevitability in every aspect of life, and everyone will face it in one way or another during college. A lower-than-wanted test score, not making it into the ideal program or internship, relationship misfortunes, whatever. It will happen. The key is in what you do next. Here are some tips. Learn lessons, but […]

  • Developing Routines

    Developing Routines

    Most of us benefit greatly from routines. They help us stay consistent and effective in our work. Now, there are some people who don’t seem to require organization or routine, and by some strange alchemy produce effective work from chaos. For these people I have envy. For everyone else, I have some advice. So, here […]

  • How to Find an Internship

    How to Find an Internship

    We’ve all heard the word internship before, but what does that really mean, why would you want one, and if you did, how could you find one? I remember thinking all of these things to myself when I was graduating from high school and deciding whether to go to college or to start working. Internships […]

  • Making Time for Hobbies

    Making Time for Hobbies

    As a college student, there’s never enough time in the day. Between classes, studying, and late nights with friends, it can be difficult to find time for anything else, let alone hobbies. At the same time, having hobbies is a crucial part of maintaining a healthy work-life balance and taking care of your mental and […]

  • Recreational Reading

    Recreational Reading

    Perhaps you’re like me. Perhaps, as a kid, you could easily tear through multiple 300-page novels in a week – and now find it difficult to sit through a 25-minute TV show without instinctively checking your phone. Perhaps you’re also like me, in that you find yourself regularly wandering used bookstores and buying new volumes […]