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Back to School 101

With the new year also comes a new semester for students. Winter break varies for us from 3 to 4 weeks, and then us college students in particular are thrown back into trying to balance all that adulthood has to offer (e.g. classes, a job, a social life, a relationship, etc.). Adulthood is definitely overwhelming to say the least, BUT it is also exciting as we continue to figure out who we are and what we want to do. I am currently in my last semester of college, and it doesn't seem real. I still can't comprehend the fact that I won't be on campus in the fall, but instead, I will be sitting at my own desk at my full-time job. Crazy!! Even now, it still hasn't hit me that I have friends that have already started their careers or who are just about to enter that stage of their life. I think the biggest thing that I've learned about being a college student is to honestly enjoy every moment because it goes by so quickly and adulthood really comes at you fast. Not sayi

2020: New Decade

It's a new year which means it's time to experience more changes and growth. "New Year, New Me" has been the common cliche saying surrounding the holiday as people start planning their goals and resolutions, but "New Year, A Better Me" has started to become the new mindset for a lot of people in recent years, and I agree with the latter.  By saying "new year, a better me", we focus on the idea that we just want to keep bettering ourselves in the new year. Growth does not happen immediately overnight. If your goal is to learn a second language, you are not going to immediately learn that new language by the next day. It takes focus, time, and sacrifice to be able to achieve your goals.  To lead up to the new year, I watched various vlogs to find inspiration for how I wanted to improve myself. I came across Adrienne Bailon's recent vlog (Check it out:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_OtYrebs4 ) post about her weight loss and the tips