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A Letter To The Freshman You Were One Year Ago

Hey there fresh meat: Flashback to one year ago. At this time last year, you enjoyed prom, graduation, and other senior festivities with your best friends glued to your side. However, this period in your life was about to be behind you in an instant. Late in August you packed up your things, said your goodbyes to your best friends and family, and set off on the road to college. The countdown was finally over. Your new beginning was about to begin. Adios to your public paid education and welcome to college life (where you have to actually buy scantrons).  This was probably one of the most exciting, bittersweet, and nerve wracking experiences in your life. Suddenly, you would be fending for yourself and gaining more independence than you can imagine. Now that you are wrapping up your first year, you learned that college was not exactly what it was portrayed to be like in the movies. However, the ups and downs

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21 Things From Bar/Bat Mitzvah Season Everyone Remembers

Seventh grade was defined by acne, puberty. raging hormones, and most importantly Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah season. Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah season was HYPE as a child. I rocked my crazy dresses, purple eye shadow, and awkward snowball with the guy I was legit crushing on forever. You did not even have to be Jewish to join in on the hora, the traditional challah slicing, drunk family members lifting people up in chairs, and never ending Mazel Tovs. Here are twenty one things you absolutely remember from the best times of your life (don’t lie, you secretly enjoyed these things like so) : 21. Getting the invitation in the mail and wondering who even is this person? 20. Then you realized he was the super hairy guy in your sixth-grade gym class 19. You don’t really know this person, but you send back the invite right away and

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A Letter To The Relationships Affected By My Anxiety

To the friends, family, and even strangers whom I have affected, I would like to say I am sorry, and I guess I am to some extent, but apologizing for my anxiety is like apologizing for being me; my anxiety is a part of me. My anxiety has doomed a lot of my friendships and even romantic relationships which have been ruined because of my anxious thoughts and sense of worry that hovers over my existence. Instead of apologizing for this part of me, I will personally say to you, I am sorry that I was so hard to handle that to the point that it destroyed whatever was between us at one time. To the people who walked away, I feel like I should give you an explanation to justify my behavior, but I really don’t have one. Instead, I have a list of seventeen things that I personally

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17 Thoughts When Drinking A Green Smoothie For The First Time

It seems like the new trend is kale, quinoa, and everything healthy (like sugar and spice and everything nice…okay it made sense in my head). Well, what better of a way to get your leafy green goodness than by drinking an extra nutritious green smoothie? Here are seventeen thoughts when drinking a green smoothie for the first time: 17. Ahh I am about to be so healthy 16. Now I get to be like one of those real housewives who only drink green smoothies! YAY! 15. Who needs wine when you have a green smoothie? 14. Wow, that’s really… green 13. You know it kind of looks like a plant  

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12 Reasons Why Your Parents Aren’t As Bad As You Think

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As we grow up, sometimes it seems like we have different opinions than our parents. We are so tied up in getting older and making our own decisions, and we often forget that our parent’s just love us. Perhaps we need to appreciate our parents more often. Here are 12 reasons why your parents aren’t as bad as you might think. 12. They only want what is best for you And your parent’s almost always know best.                 11. You wouldn’t be a thing if it weren’t for them It’s weird to think about, but it’s true. If it weren’t for that special sperm and egg, you wouldn’t be reading this article.                     10. Regardless of whether you want to admit it or not, they have taught you lessons that you will thank them for