We're all striving to achieve a sense of balance -- perhaps you're striving for balance in your professional or personal life, your relationships, or maybe the way you challenge your body. When I began practicing Pilates and yoga, the issue of how I challenge my body came into focus. Prior...

Arianna Huffington's On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life sparked my desire for self-improvement and sent me diving into a candid critique of my personality, values, and goals. I began reading Huffington's book as motivation to follow through with my 2012 New Year's resolution -- to say "yes" more. Over...

Whether we're seasoned veterans or technology rookies, we're all guilty of losing control of our inbox. The average person is bombarded with 75 emails a day and urgent emails often get lost in the clutter. We might not even know we received an urgent email because we have...

We've all heard it before: college is the best four years of your life -- lazy Saturdays, tanning on the quad, best friends, sorority formals, frat crawls and a few classes sprinkled in between. Our older siblings tell us to live it up because this is the only time in...

As a self-proclaimed fitness guru, I enjoy leading an active lifestyle. There's nothing like the explosion of endorphins after a spinning workout or reaching a running goal after months of intense training. Though I stopped playing competitive sports after high school, I have continued to make fitness an integral part...

If you look at the flawless women featured in Cosmo or watch shows like America's Next Top Model, it's not surprising that many women struggle with their self-esteem. How can we "love ourselves for who we are" if we're bombarded with unrealistic images of women in the media? As human...

I stared blankly at the "Micro Bio" line on my blogger profile. Until last week, "Senior, Bucknell University" had been written neatly in this space. As I sat with my hands poised over the keyboard, the issue was not that I didn't have anything to write but rather that I...

I always promised myself that I wouldn't be that senior who gets sentimental about graduating, but here I am reminiscing about what I've learned over the past four years. As I reflect on my experience, I am reminded of all the advice my parents and friends gave me before I...

Upon graduation in May, I will receive an all-access pass to the world beyond rural Pennsylvania and will venture out into the mean streets of Manhattan. I will finally apply the skills I have been honing for the past sixteen years in school and prove to myself that all those...

In elementary school, I remember shuffling through cones in my defensive stance and running 'suicides' up and down the basketball court. I remember jumping into my teammates' arms when we won the county championship. I was the captain of my high school team and I started every game for four...

The best thing about writing is that you don't have to be right the first time. In fact, you're almost always wrong the first time. The best writing comes after you've thoroughly revised your draft over a period of months (or years) with feedback from peers and/or editors along the...

Exactly one year ago, I arrived back in the United States after spending four months studying in the enchanting city of Granada, Spain. The small city located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains became my home after just a few weeks living with my host family. Although I...

After studying the practice of mindfulness in my spirituality and mysticism class, I put down the article I was reading on the top 10 industries hiring recent graduates; I asked myself, am I happy right now? Am I taking advantage of my education, the relationships I have fostered over the...

I've always been told that college is about challenging yourself and preparing for the -- drum roll, please -- "real world." Although my first few years of college may have been an adjustment in terms of learning how to live with other people and cook dinner without setting off the...

The adrenaline rush I feel right now is only partly due to the cup of coffee I just consumed. Today, I was lucky enough to score a free drink using Jonathan's Card. Jonathan Stark began a social experiment in which he uploaded his Starbucks card online so anyone could download...

I feel like I rarely see faces anymore. Every day, I'm surrounded by people on the subway, in the street or riding the elevator with their heads down and eyes glued to their smartphones. Although I do my best to keep my phone use to a minimum when I'm having...

This weekend, one of my dreams came true. I've always wanted to be at college but not have to go to class or do schoolwork or fall into a robotic social routine. As much as I enjoy the Bucknell culture, I've recently been itching for a change. When I reluctantly...