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Hope :: Chasing the Wrong Things

Hello, readers! As the school year drew to a close, I had to come to terms with the fact that I didn’t receive any summer internships. I applied for many but didn’t receive any. When I started hearing about all of the internships my classmates received, I have to be honest. I was in myContinue reading “Hope :: Chasing the Wrong Things”

Hope :: Springtime

It’s hard to believe we’ve reached May. The picture above is one I took a few weeks ago. Below is the one I took today. Winter in the Northeast is a huge mix of gray and brown. Sometimes, it’s difficult to see the positive in what looks dead. But those couple of weeks ago, theContinue reading “Hope :: Springtime”

Hope :: Something Different

Hello, dear readers! My past many posts have spent time focusing on depression and making it another day. While I think that’s a very important thing to teach on, I also believe there are times we should focus outwardly. So that’s what we’re going to do with this post. It’s easy to focus on theContinue reading “Hope :: Something Different”

Hope :: A Brighter Tomorrow

Silhouette of a person standing on a rock in the middle of water with arms stretched to the side with a sunrise on the horizon, the sky a brilliant mix of dark and light and reflected in the water below.

Hello, beautiful readers! Thank you for your patience as I get through the extremely busy portion of the semester! Looking around at life, it can sometimes be difficult to find the light. When you get rejections left and right, when your current relationship status doesn’t match what society deems “normal”, when you feel trapped inContinue reading “Hope :: A Brighter Tomorrow”

Hope :: The Struggle is Real

Happy Monday, readers! Time is racing past, but we “grab life by the horns,” right? I’ve written about this before, but I feel like a lot of people deal with depression, or—rather—don’t deal with it, and it makes life extremely difficult, so I felt drawn to write about it again. I was talking to someoneContinue reading “Hope :: The Struggle is Real”

Hope :: Get Back Up

Man falling down stairs face first, trying to catch his hat

Hello, beautiful readers!!! Before we get into the actual blog post… guess what happened this week??? Including email-only, we reached 100 subscribers here!!! Thank you!!!! Now on to our regularly scheduled blog post! From the moment we’re born, we try new things and fall down—standing, walking, riding a bike… As we get older, the fallsContinue reading “Hope :: Get Back Up”

Hope :: Do Something You Love

I feel like I start posts like this a lot: I don’t know about you, but I… I think it’s safe to say I struggle in a lot of ways! Haha! This week, I wanted to talk about being almost too busy to function. This past month, that’s how I’ve felt. Every time I getContinue reading “Hope :: Do Something You Love”

Note to Readers

Hello, dear readers! I just wanted to take a moment to say a couple of things. I get my motivation for writing these posts in a couple of places. One of those comes directly from you. Seeing likes and comments is encouraging. But also, simply seeing my stats that tell me people have visited myContinue reading “Note to Readers”

Hope :: Seeing Beyond Yourself

Cityscape seen through a reflection in the mirror

I don’t know about you, but I can be a very selfish person. I become so inwardly focused that I miss what’s happening around me. I thought the picture above perfectly reflected (😉) exactly what I was imagining when I thought about what would be in this post. Oftentimes, we see situations in our livesContinue reading “Hope :: Seeing Beyond Yourself”

Hope :: Surrounded, Yet Alone

Boston Snowscape taken from my apartment window with an iPhone 7. Winter 2023.

You may be wondering why I’ve chosen yet another snowscape for a blog post, especially one seemingly not to do with winter. It’s a very good question, but I actually have several reasons. First, I love looking at snow. Pictures of snow, being surrounded by snow while sitting in a warm apartment… I LOVE lookingContinue reading “Hope :: Surrounded, Yet Alone”