By Kim Quindlen 1. The belief that everybody figures out their career in their twenties. I thought I needed to have everything figured out by twenty-five or even — “God forbid” — thirty. What I didn’t realize is that you don’t have a career in your twenties, you have a job…

By Chrissy Stockton 1. When you need someone to open up about something, have them drive you somewhere. People are at ease behind the wheel because they are in charge of their surroundings. Their attention is also primarily on the road and secondarily on the conversation you’re having, so if you catch them off guard they’ll feel both comfortable and surprised enough to give you…

By Heidi Priebe Ah, emotional repression. The tactic we’re all taught growing up, but loathe to admit we’re engaging in. In a world that teaches us to be strong and unwavering at all costs, it can be embarrassing to admit that we’re actually ~feeling~ something. So we do the next-best…

By Ari Eastman In the depths of a very depressing and bleak post-break up phase, I once Googled, “How long does it take to get over someone?” And as I’m sure you can guess, the internet didn’t exactly agree on an answer. It’s not like I really expected to find…

By Lauren Jarvis-Gibson Finding your forever person is hard enough, but finding them five or ten years too early is heartbreaking to say the least. Finding your forever person is like finding your soulmate. Seemingly impossible, but when you find it, you grab onto it with all the strength that…

By Kirsten Corley One day you’re gonna meet someone who you don’t just want to spend the night with but who you look forward to waking up and sharing your morning with. This person is different because there is gonna be one person that is able to break through the…

By Molly Burford When you finally stop settling for a bare minimum man, you will first mistake his absence as loneliness. Everything in your life will be much quieter. Your phone will stop vibrating as much. You will no longer feel the need to check it for his short replies…

By Brianna Wiest People like to talk a lot about what’s “toxic” in their lives, and how they can, and should, expunge it. Cleaning fluids, processed meats, people. The only thing that can be toxic in your life is complacency. You are the one consuming, choosing and returning to these…

By Holly Riordan She has high standards. She won’t settle for boys that treat her disrespectfully. She won’t hold onto friendships that are toxic. She won’t let anyone that brings her down remain in her life. But she isn’t a hypocrite. She holds herself to those same standards. She expects…