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Reclaiming the Wild

Reclaiming the Wild

Wild. That is the name of the book I brought with me to Norway this past week. A memoir by Cheryl Strayed that was made famous by a movie starring Reese Witherspoon a couple of years back. A story about a woman whose answer to her spiraling, drug-induced, sex-addicted life was a one hundred day hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. A hope for change and reconciliation with her own grief drove her deep into the wilderness of California and Oregon. The book is compelling because of Strayed’s boldness in baring even the darkest parts of her humanity, but I was drawn to it because she gracefully gave a voice to a part of my heart that I often feel the need to keep silent—the part of me that is disconnected and restless until I am reclaimed by my need to be wild.

Dreams, TravelChelsey SatterleeJuly 11, 2017FeaturedComment

To The Next 365 Days

To The Next 365 Days

Encourage others as much as you can as long as you can.

It's funny.
No, it really is.
The more graduations I have (because dual degree, not just for numbers sake), the more I feel like this is all pretend.

Dreams, Graduation, RelationshipsKristalyn GillJuly 9, 2017FeaturedComment

Digging In To Your Dreams

Digging In To Your Dreams

Most people would say that I lack follow-through, but I would say that I lack digging in. I can dream about the garden I want to plant. I know what kinds of flowers and vegetables I will watch sprout out of the dirt. I have done all the research, made all of the to-do lists, drawn up the blueprints. I am excited and ready and nobody can tell me that this garden cannot be planted. But then fear pops into my head.

Dreams, CareerChelsey SatterleeJuly 2, 2017FeaturedComment

The Beginning, The Middle, The End

The Beginning, The Middle, The End

To the graduates: On the night before my college graduation, I had a terrible stomachache.

My best friends and I went for a ceremonial last scoop at our favorite ice cream place, a place where I should have had a loyalty card or something by that point, and I could barely take a bite. My insides were roiling (and I promise, it wasn't a hangover; by then I knew the difference). I just felt sick and shaky and any other night, it would have put me right to bed.

Graduation, Dreams, LifeMelissa WartenMay 21, 2017FeaturedComment

My First "Big Girl Job"

My First "Big Girl Job"

It was the phone call I'd been daydreaming about for months. The one that would justify the four years I'd spent getting my undergraduate degree and—to be honest—the one I was beginning to doubt I'd ever get. When my new boss told me I'd gotten the job as marketing and social media coordinator for Ramada hotels, I just about fell over. It took all my self control not to squeal or sob into the phone; this was what I'd been waiting for. This was the light at the end of a long tunnel.

Career, DreamsMegan HoeglerMay 11, 2017FeaturedComment

The Mess I Like to Call Happiness

The Mess I Like to Call Happiness

My run was a quick relief from the busy day I had been having that Sunday. I had a rough draft due for an editor. I had to work on data for my internship. And the next day I was starting my new full-time job. I was exhausted. So I went inside and took a selfie to describe this mess of my life on Instagram. The mess I like to call happiness.

Dreams, LifeRegan CunninghamApril 11, 2017Comment

On Being A Quitter

On Being A Quitter

I began my current job on a humid Tuesday in the final week of August.

Two days in, I wanted to quit.

DreamsAlly WillisApril 9, 2017FeaturedComment

5 Life Lessons Theatre Taught Me

5 Life Lessons Theatre Taught Me

I was able to join the cast of two local theatre productions now as a post-grad. I eagerly slipped into my roles and savored my experience on the other side of the audience. Instead of hiding behind my mom as the characters signed autographs, I became the characters that the children lined up to meet. This magical transformation reminds me of how fortunate I am to have theatre at every stage in my life.

Along the way, theatre has taught me these 5 important life lessons.

Dreams, LifeC. CarrollApril 6, 2017FeaturedComment

When Writing Feels Like Group Therapy

When Writing Feels Like Group Therapy

Isn’t this a picture of the creative process? Isn’t this a picture of the way I am always tempted to write? Sitting down at my desk often feels a lot like sitting down in group therapy. I am being asked to share my heart, to tell my truth, so I begin to. I start putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) but then I make the mistake of looking around.

Dreams, LifeChelsey SatterleeApril 2, 2017FeaturedComment

Obstacles Are Necessary

Obstacles Are Necessary

Following our dreams is extremely difficult and the journey rarely makes sense. Day in and day out, we pour every ounce of ourselves into this dream, doing our very best to make things happen. Just when we think we're (finally) getting somewhere, life throws us a curveball and we find ourselves back at square one.

DreamsKristin KoonceMarch 23, 2017FeaturedComment

3 Things I'm Learning About Achieving Goals (+ A Giveaway!)

3 Things I'm Learning About Achieving Goals (+ A Giveaway!)

But March is only month 3 of 12, so I can’t let a lack of goal success over a two-month period dictate the rest of my year. I’d like to offer three things I’m learning about setting yourself up to meet your goals. (Plus I have a giveaway to announce!)

Health, Dreams, Career, LifeAlly WillisMarch 4, 2017FeaturedComment

On Doing Less

On Doing Less

Then a week passes, then two, and then I realize I haven't cracked open to Bible study book, and I've double-booked my calendar more than once, and I'm wiped from waking up early but not adjusting my bedtime. Almost without my noticing, all of the balls in my court have dropped and rolled far, far away.

Suddenly—or not so suddenly—I just want to shirk it all and sleep.

Health, Life, DreamsMelissa WartenFebruary 25, 2017FeaturedComment

My Honest Elevator Pitch

My Honest Elevator Pitch

Although I studied English, I don’t always have a way with words. The scariest question I get is the very first one I am asked on all interviews: Can you tell me about yourself? Although I have my elevator pitch down, I never feel fully satisfied with my answer. In the post-graduate world there is so much more to a person than high school grades and college majors. There is confusion, crying, laughing, drinking, and a lot of second-guessing.

Career, Dreams, LifeC. CarrollFebruary 5, 2017FeaturedComment

When You Want to Do Everything

When You Want to Do Everything

I felt like I had transported right back to where I was my senior year, caught in the in-between of trying to hold on so tightly to those last few months of my life as a student, and looking so forward to venturing out of it. But it brought back that old familiar, restless feeling—the same feeling I had when I got back from London, and when I first moved here—of wanting so many things and trying to figure out a way to make them all coexist.

Life, DreamsAlyssa VottoJanuary 26, 2017Featured Comment

To LSAT or Not to LSAT

To LSAT or Not to LSAT

I don't know if I'm just really unique in this situation, but it seems like everyone knows exactly what they're doing with their lives. Except me. And I know that that's just what people say and what my generation thinks and that society just values traditional careers over non-traditional ones, but you know what? That's just kind of a bummer sometimes.

Career, DreamsKatie SerenaJanuary 24, 2017FeaturedComment