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7 Signs That You’re Not Confident in Your True Self

May 27, 2020November 5, 2020

There are three words that have puzzled psychologists, anthropologists, scientists, and everyday people for centuries. You’ve probably asked yourself this question a thousand times before, and I’m sure you’ll continue to wonder about it for as long as you’re here on our little blue planet. No matter how hard we think about it, we might never have a concrete answer. Who am I? I don’t mean who you want to be. Or the person other people have made you believe […]

Mindset

Willpower is a Myth. Here’s How to Really Gain Control Over Temptation.

May 19, 2020November 5, 2020

Today’s post was inspired by my friend Karen Chen and her incredible blog, Rosethorns and Honeydew. Our productivity collab post is dropping on Karen’s blog on Wednesday, so be sure to check it out for more tips! Even if you don’t know a lot about psychology, you’ve probably heard about the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment. In the study, a child is offered two choices: one marshmallow now, or two marshmallows if they waited for 15 minutes. Kids knew the right choice […]

Relationships

5 Things I’ve Learned from my Age Gap Relationship

May 4, 2020November 5, 2020

Five years ago, I met someone. The night we met was at a back-to-school party thrown at our university. They called it a mixer – but we didn’t mix with anyone else. We talked about everything that night. I told him about my parents’ divorce and my fears about love, he told me about his Latin American heritage and the struggles he faced when he moved to Canada as a young teenager. Instilled with confidence of the vodka-cran variety, when […]

Blogging

Finding Julianne

April 25, 2020November 5, 2020

If the goal of this blog was to find Julianne… You’ve found her! Time to pack your bags and head back to whatever corner of the internet you came from. Go watch a cat video or something. You’ve found Julianne, and this blog is officially closed before it even began. But… Who did you find? Is she brave? Creative? Generous? Silly? Afraid?Is she happy? For so much of your life, you’re told who you’re supposed to be; a train racing […]