What I learned from my busiest semester ever

This semester, I truly outdid myself. Spring 2022 was by far the busiest semester I have ever had, and I learned a lot from it.
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This semester, I truly outdid myself. Spring 2022 was by far the busiest semester I have ever had, and I learned a lot from it.
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I think the concept of gap years is brilliant, it allows students everywhere to take a necessary breather and decompress from what they have come to perceive as the obligation of education and come to appreciate what education actually ought to be- a privilege and a joy.
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I think everyone experiences this when traveling home for the first time in a while: the realization that the city we call home doesn’t hold its breath and wait for us to return. It keeps growing, decaying, expanding and even booming in our wake.
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As I continue to grapple with my emotions of letting go of my teenage era, here are pieces of a foundation I hope to set before reaching my roaring 20s.
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Everyone is scared of doing what they truly want — especially the “bad” — or entering their “villain era,” as people may call it. But the truth is, as much as life requires us to be the hero, it also requires us to be the so-called “villain.”
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With all of the possible people I could have been and paths I could have taken, I never know if I’m picking the right version of myself.
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There is certainly overlap between the cultural zeitgeists between our two generations, but if I were to choose to belong to either one, it would unquestionably be Generation Z.
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When it comes to addressing our loneliness, we should transcend the pitfalls of love stories by understanding that we aren’t incomplete without somebody else.
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We’re all floating as we go, hoping for the best for ourselves and those around us. It’s time we start giving ourselves some grace and patience.
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My story is not only shaped by spoken conversations or dramatic monologues, but also by my innermost thoughts and the millions of things that tumble through my mind and never leave my mouth.
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