As I've mentioned before, I'm not in the habit of plunking myself down on the couch to watch television in its full, commercial-ed glory. Television, to me, is usually white noise I leave on for when I'm studying or researching my next purchase thoroughly by crawling through ten pages of Amazon reviews -- that is, until I started watching the below, recently.
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Aside from fireworks on the Fourth of July, a proliferation of USA-emblazoned paraphernalia come Olympics-season, and Tom Hanks, there is nothing Americans love more than the story of an underdog. So what is it about struggle that makes it such an ostracizing experience?
This has certainly been the oddest June of recent years in terms of climate, with the weather veering from feeling like being personally targeted by the sun to currently breaking back out the fleece tights. One thing about June stays the same though, and it's how it signals the advent of the internship period.
Navigating life after graduation from any sort of academic institution is a tricky business. It's one thing to graduate from high school and see buddies before they ship off to their sprawling college in the middle of the desert; it's quite another to leave school where most of your friend group will scatter in the world, doing different things, without concrete chance of seeing them again.
I vividly remember the period leading up to graduation as being an anxiety-ridden time. Anybody about to leave the plush bubble of academia should rightly be anxious about their future, even if they have their next step already nicely laid out. As such, I've got a few nuggets of wisdom to humbly toss in any graduating individual's way.
The wistful tone people take on when talking about their wish to travel is expected, but one thing I could never understand is why the tone changes to one of hushed disapproval when you offer the suggestion of just traveling alone. Yes, there are dangers in doing so when you are a young female, but I firmly believe in the pros definitely outweighing the cons if anybody is wondering whether or not they should -- or can -- travel alone.
As I have just recently returned from a quick sojourn to Dallas, the inevitable 'so where are you from?' was asked quite a few times. In fact, sometimes they'd supply an answer for me before I even opened my mouth to reply. New York? Japan?
You know that thing you always said you wanted to do somehow, someday, sometime? "Vietnam -- that's one for the bucket list!" as you then moved on with your corporate life, focused on your two-hour commute only to rush home for a hurried dinner before a fitful sleep, knowing you had to do it all over again in six hours?
A new Harvard Business School study declares that those dressed down more casually than their counterparts in traditional settings are usually seen as more confident, more powerful, and more influential. So nonconformity = higher social status?
After my stint in the entertainment industry, I've discovered just how crucial it is to maintain one's connection to the more abstract side of one's personality.
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