Category: Reflections & Wins

Growing up, I associated my worth with good grades, high performance, and what others thought of me. This has traveled with me into adulthood. Over the past few years, I have been learning to navigate and heal from it as a working professional going back to school.  I don’t have everything figured out, but I’ll…

In this season of our lives, we’re so busy either doing work or school or balancing life. When we’re not doing that, we may be distracting ourselves from the other tasks we need to complete. This could be through scrolling, procrastination, or other means of escape. I propose that doing all of this makes our…

I am in the process of recovering from burnout from college and my job. Over the past month, I had fallen so behind in both class-work and work-work. It was time for me to get out of the rut and take back control of my life as a working student. If you’ve fallen behind in…

You’ve done it before: you sat down on a Sunday evening and spent a solid hour writing out your goals for the week and ending your session motivated to try them out. You try to fit exercise, work, school, self-care, eating healthy, family time, and other responsibilities into your goal setting, but by the end…

When you’re a working adult going back to finish your degree, it can feel like you’re starting from zero. Maybe you don’t remember how to write an academic paper, maybe you forgot how to study, or maybe you feel behind in life compared to your peers. I remember scrolling through Instagram. I saw posts everywhere…

Before I returned to college as a non-traditional student after a 2-year break, I was really excited. Coming back to school with a different mindset than I had at 18 has allowed me to make better decisions. This post is a personal snapshot of my experience, and while your journey may look different, I’ve included…