Almost two years ago now, I made a pretty spontaneous decision to audition for an instructor role at a nearby spin studio — CycleBar...

Seven years ago I went on my first date. It was a Saturday night, and I sat nervously at the counter in my dad’s kitchen eyeing down the...

“In what ways do you think being shy might be a positive thing?” my therapist used to ask me sometimes. I hadn’t ever considered the...

For the past several weeks, I’ve been trying to piece together a blog post that does justice in describing the impact my mom has made in...

In honor of yesterday’s holiday, I decided to go all-in on a challenge with no one but myself: write about love. Something about romance...

This time last year, I dreaded the year ahead of me. For no reason other than it being one of enormous change - from graduating to...

Today marks the first day of a new month, and I guess that it seems fitting to write about something new in my life. It’s only when I sit...

Something about my birthday makes me want to start writing again. I say this as if I’ve ever really stopped writing, but I've recently...

Identity is an interesting thing. For a long time now, I’ve thought of myself as an overachiever. From an early age, my parents said that...

I don’t remember much about my parents’ divorce. All I know is that it happened in the early 2000s, and that my dad fed my older brother...

How is it possible that I’m still in denial about graduating in less than two weeks? I’ve spent the majority of my life thus far with...

(One year of blogging and becoming the writer I've always wanted to be) This time last year, I sat hunched at the desk in my childhood...

I promise I’m not as irresponsible as it may sound. To say that I’ve had an unlucky start to the semester is an understatement. I’ve...

Dear Penn State, As a second-semester senior during my last “first week” of class, I find myself reflecting on the past years of...

How the Worst Semester Taught Me the Most I can’t help but think back to my freshman year of college and remember how badly I wished to...

Little did Lauren Poillon know that working from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic would allow her to accomplish a lifelong dream. With...

In the midst of fall semester nearing its end, I’ve decided to come out of my writing hiatus. Don’t get me wrong - nearly all of my time...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent Penn State graduate Jordan Pietrafitta turned her Schreyer Honors College thesis into a...

I wake up, startled by the sound of my phone’s alarm that I luckily remembered to set the night before. It’s barely seven in the morning....