“In the midst of a global pandemic, while the safest and most sensible option is to stay home, it feels like your life– and the lives of so many others– have been put on hold. There’s not a lot to look forward to. Plans have been cancelled, we’ve been separated from friends and family, and…
Month: July 2020
Jenny is Making Space for Sanity
As an adult student who has returned to the college world, keeping my sanity has become one of the struggles of my adult life. I am not only a full-time student but also a wife and mom. I need my sanity to keep from quitting both school and life. College is hard enough when you’re…
College Advice: A Balance of School, Work, and Play, Quarantine Edition
by Terra GiddensStudent at UC Santa Barbara When COVID 19 became a serious topic in our community, my housemates and I were in the middle of planning our spring break trip. We weren’t sure how to understand the realities of the pandemic, and frankly, we mostly cared about getting out of our tiny college town…
Sara is Making Space for Creative Hobbies
“In this recent time of uncertainty, it’s grown much more important to find ways of engaging myself in simple pursuits that work to ease the mind. It’s remains necessary to pay attention to the world around me, in order to act as a competent member of society. However, fulfilling personal and relaxation time shows itself…
Anthony is Making Space for Doubt
Doubt – or rather doubters – get a bad reputation, but all great leaders were also great doubters. Doubt is not the opposite of good faith but rather its partner. Without it, we become blind to conviction and oppress ourselves and others. The lack of conviction opens the doors of life to exploration; it dispels…
Tricia is Making Space for Getting Back Up
Facing the discomfort of the unknown is one of the many facets of the human condition and experience. Often, we find it easy to stay down after falling down. Sometimes, the stumbling block is a slight inconvenience such as accidentally grabbing the wrong cup of coffee, and sometimes it is something truly trying, such as…
Lindsey is Making Space for Making the Most of Time
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”That quote is from J.R.R. Tolkien’s…
Jordan is Making Space for Mental Health
Mental health is something that has quickly become very near and dear to me, as I have recently discovered my personal journey with maintaining my mental health. It is something I find that most people, if not everyone, has struggled with to varying degrees. Facing mental illness, for me, meant trying to overcome such experiences…