Tag: spontaneity

Enjoy the Ride
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Enjoy the Ride

“Like I said before, your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” — Anthony Bourdain
I will proudly boast that one of the best habits I adopted over the past year is decentralizing social media from my day—specifically, deleting TikTok and setting strict time limits on other apps. My head feels clearer, my to-do list takes priority, and instead of mindless content consumption, I fill my evenings with journaling, working out, and spending time with friends.

GCal Culture and the Death of Spontaneity
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GCal Culture and the Death of Spontaneity

A couple months ago, I ran into a friend of mine at Hillside. I hadn’t seen her in a while, so I proposed dinner plans at some point that week. “I’d love to,” she responded. “But let me check my GCal …” In seconds, her computer was open, and Google Calendar (colloquially referred to as GCal) was pulled up.

The Sophomore Condition
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The Sophomore Condition

People change. That’s a big part of what college is for: self-development and personality exploration. These are the years we decide who we want to be, and more practically, who we are going to be.