June 26, 2017 0

Disengagement

7:12pm Saturday night, walking to my dinner reservation at 7:15, restaurant is a fifteen-minute walk: Thoughts running through my head as I power-walk...
May 29, 2018 0

Reflections on Japan 

Japan taught me about privilege, western influence, taking risks, being confident, sad parts of our history, investing in people and in a place, takin...
May 20, 2018 0

Forever Duke 

I graduated from Duke a week ago, and until now, I haven’t let myself process it. What did I learn these four years? How have I changed?  But n...
April 25, 2018 0

Employment.

Today I accepted a job. A job I’ve wanted for one year, 2 months and 4 days. I remember where I was and how I felt when I learned about the company,...
February 28, 2018 1

Grace

I learned a lot on my six-day road trip through Iceland. But what I learned most is how to receive grace. And what I mean by grace is: acceptance, for...
February 23, 2018 6

Redefining Fun

When I got to college, everyone said it would be the most fun four years of my life. That sounded so freeing, so exciting because I honestly didn’t ...
January 15, 2018 0

Staying.

Do you ever feel like you exposed yourself too much? Like you let someone see the raw, real part of you and now you’re just waiting for them to run?...
January 6, 2018 1

Hometown Throwdown 

In my hometown, where I’ve lived in the same house on the same street for 22 years, I feel a deep sense of community. I cherish such strong friendsh...
December 12, 2017 0

Proving Myself

So much of my life has revolved around proving myself: I chose Duke because that proved I worked hard in school for years and years. I traveled all ov...