Tweet I am the girl that everyone knows as really loud. I tried to think of an adjective that people would universally agree on - as we are all different versions of ourselves with the various people in our lives – and I think loud is the only thing I consistently always am. I would
Can’t Define My Brand…Yet
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Surrounded By Influences
Tweet During college, I did some thinking about how exactly I got to where I am. There are so many factors that went into how I chose my major, how I chose my school, and random things that have happened in my life that have influenced who I am today. One of the biggest influences
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In Limbo
Tweet If I was not afraid I would leave. I would sell everything that can be sold, including my little egg of a car (which is, most of the time, a bad egg), and discard everything else that couldn’t fit in two suitcases. I would buy a plane ticket to Nepal. I would stay in
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Making It Happen One Step at a Time
Tweet This summer I decided to stay in Oshkosh, where I go to school, instead of going back home and living with my parents. When school is out, the city feels empty and strange. On an average day, I go for a bike ride to the campus gym and work out (I’m currently training for
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A Day in The Life
Tweet Most days I wake slowly without the aid of an alarm, sunlight streaming through the blinds I always forget to close. I take a few quiet moments to revel in the bliss of spending a summer largely without responsibility. Rolling over to glance at the screen of my phone, I note that my body
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The Crazy Busy Life of a Young Journalist
Tweet Right now my life is crazy, busy and unpredictable! As a reporter at a newspaper in Clinton, Iowa that covers 27,000, but only has three reporters, I’m always running around covering something. Currently, one of our reporters is on maternity leave, so you can image how chaotic things are right now. Not to mention
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Chapter 3 Next Step Chronicle Blogger Felicia Knows What She Wants
Tweet Most people don’t realize how exciting, nervewrecking, crazy, fun, stressful, insane and rewarding college can be. There have been days (many in fact) where I felt all of these things in one day. It’s a path of uncertainty and you never know what’s around the corner. Next Step seems like that perfect opportunity to
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A Letter to the Future Me
Tweet Dear Future Emily, I am sure you are in a fabulous place right now, but I wanted to remind you of some of the goals you wanted to accomplish last year. 1. Get a job that you love and plan on staying there for at least 1-2 years. Working at the same place for
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Capturing Beauty: The Quest for Inspiration
Tweet Have you ever sat through a thunderstorm? One where the skies were boiling purple and black with rage and ginormous clouds had to wrestle with one another in a battle for survival. Only torrential downpours and ear-busting thunderclaps are left in the wake of war. Then suddenly, amidst the chaos, a crack of light
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The Office Superbowl Party
Tweet Beyond my cubicle, I hear joyus exclamations and smell an overwhelming delicious scent. It’s two o’clock on a Friday, the witching hour among a 9 to 5 working drone. Our 3-person department rarely receives a formal invite to office parties. Once the food is ordered, everyone else has gorged themselves, and there always seems
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