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…

“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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

Mental health is important to me because I know that as a society, we are undergoing a mental health crisis dominated by misunderstandings. I and many others have experienced the realities of this crisis on a level that educational institutions cannot begin to communicate. I believe that with greater awareness and consideration in our community,…

Up until I began my journey at the University of Texas, I had never questioned what I really wanted to do with my life. I had a plan for my career and I was set to do it, too stubborn to consider a change. During the second semester of my freshman year, I began to…

I question “Why?” in everything I do and in who I think I am. When I get a satisfying answer, I ask “Why?” again. And again and again. Maybe digging into yourself like this isn’t what works for everyone, but this is what’s worked for me to discover the roots of my actions and beliefs….