Tweet The old saying goes, “money makes the world go round.” Well, this saying is never more evident than when you’re in college, because of the lack of funds that seem to go hand-in-hand with being on your own for the first time. While nothing may seem better than getting out of your parents’ house and out
Some Simple Steps for Saving Money
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Life Is All Over The Place
Tweet Would you believe me if I told you that I haven’t moved since the last time I’ve written? Well, you shouldn’t. Alas, I’m in my third New York City apartment, but this one feels right. Okay, I only moved up three flights of stairs, but now I live in the penthouse (of a sixth
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A Letter: Be Proud of Yourself
Tweet Sam- Wow has time flown. This weekend, you’ll be graduating from UW Oshkosh with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Can you believe it?! It seems like just yesterday when you were in high school and the biggest worry was whether or not your sweatshirt matched your jeans too closely. These last four years have
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Truth, Reliability, and Hard Work
Tweet Core values are the essence of an individual. They make you who you are. Organizations define their core values in their mission statement so that they can share what is important to them with the public. People often forget to define their own core values, which I think is a mistake. It is important
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My Values, My Internal Compass
Tweet Sometimes this whole blogging thing makes me think about myself much more than I’m comfortable with. Is it bad that when someone asks you what your core values are, you come up blank? I feel like I’ve never really had a chance to really form a solid opinion without the influence of others. Core
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Growing Up and Creative Problem Solving
Tweet “What do you want to be when you grow up?” What a loaded question. I hear it now, and it twists me up. I’m flooded with pages and faces and classes and just plain old life. This question implies that you know what “growing up” means. It insinuates that you will eventually be different
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The Best Advice I Ever Received: Patience is a Virtue and it’s a Virtue You Want to Have
Tweet In general, I have found that people like to give advice. They like to give you advice about your career, your friends, your goals…. the list is infinite. This is especially true when you are going through a life change, like graduating college. When I graduated college the best advice that I received was,
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“Who the hell’s going to read the second paragraph?”
Tweet Last semester I took a reporting class with Professor Miles Maguire. To be honest, I was terrified. I had him as a professor in a previous class and it was very, very difficult. I’ve never really had to work for a “B” before, but I was so happy when I saw that was the grade on my
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Why I’m Thankful and Staying Motivated
Tweet Recently, I was watching the movie Se7en (a movie you should definitely put on your to-watch list), and I heard the following revealing quote. Morgan Freeman, a jaded homicide cop states this fact, “The first thing they tell women in rape prevention is to yell “FIRE” not “HELP.” Nobody comes to “HELP,” but if
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The Sound of Music and My Personal Brand
Tweet I listen to a VERY wide range of music. Some of my favorite artists are Pretty Lights (Hip-hop, Electronic, Funk & Soul), Ani Difranco (Folk rock, Indie, & Alternative), and Florence + the Machine (Indie-pop, Soul, Experimental). In the past week I’ve listened to: Bruce Hornsby (improvisational multi-genre, rock, jazz), Lil Kim (Hip-hop), Gotye
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