Tag: friendship
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Caffeine, Case Law, and Belonging: Notes from a 1L
Law school is teaching me things I expected—like case law, Pennoyer v. Neff, the most effective energy drinks, and how to read until I hit rock bottom exhaustion. But it’s also teaching me things I didn’t expect, like navigating a classroom full of strong voices, subtle cues, and the pressure to belong while consumed by…
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Missing What’s Here
A wild part about being in your early 20s is how much you start missing people, places, and things—even though they’re still here. Your best friend shares her new job offer, and you’re thrilled for her, but she’d be moving to a different city. You think about where you want to go to grad school…
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What “Inside Out 2” Taught Me About My Emotions
Every emotion has a vital purpose in our character, decisions, inner thoughts, and core beliefs. With that said, we are allowed and designed to feel all emotions, so don’t be afraid to let it all out! That’s what emotions are for. Consider it a power balance of inner your thoughts; a series of checks and…
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22 Things I Learned in 22 Years
1. Be the energy you want to attract. 2. People pleasing hides the real you. 3. People are allowed to decide they want nothing to do with you without any explanation. Hard pill to swallow, but take it like a champ. 4. The time you spend with yourself is as valuable as the time you…
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Two Cents from a College Senior
Dear college freshman, I know you’re ready for your first semester of school to be over with. Embrace the next few weeks of chaos. While the study days and exam periods are long and tireless, the nights are short. Laugh as long as you can, go get frozen yogurt with your roommate at night. Take…
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Happy To Be Here
Happiness is not defined by how many friends you have, how many digits are in your back account, or how organized your future is. A crucial ingredient in the nourishing recipe for happiness is being excited. It is being excited for your iced dirty chai in the mornings. It is being excited about watching a…
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The Known As I Know It
The summer of unknowns, otherwise referred to as the dreaded summer before senior year of college. Three months brewing a deja vu comparable to that of the summer before my senior year of high school. Gradually, I’ve pulled back the curtain to reveal that I am not afraid of the unknown. Nor have I ever…
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Excitement That Overwhelms
You can be in love with a million sights, souls, and minds. Never apologize for your light, your passion, or your enthusiasm. Enthusiasm fuels the world. I am a strong believer that every individual in this world bestows a quality that is difficult to put into words for others to fully understand. A characteristic that…
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Following the Social Cycles
The unassertive needs the confrontational. The talker needs the listener. The communicator needs the overthinker. Opposites attract, but where do we draw the fine line? College is a period to lose yourself and find yourself, a continuous four-year cycle. As you mature and adapt to new environments, the people who surround you will also cycle…
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A Person to Call Home
Someone who respects you, even when you’re not around. Someone who asks how your day was before you have to ask first. The person who’s patient with you, even when you’re not the easiest to put up with. Someone who’s honest and loyal, an unfortunately difficult trait to find. The person who adores you not…
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Small, silent, accommodating
Small, silent, accommodating. I used to think that staying as convenient as possible was the best way to avoid conflict. Neutral and consistent, I am a natural people pleaser. The ropes of my internal safety net that I had mistook for a security mechanism, limiting me from new energy, new opportunities, and new experiences. Slowly…
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Manifesting My 2023 Vision
What you think, you evolve. What you feel, you emanate. What you imagine, you transpire. Believe you have attained it and you will receive it. That is the core of the law of attraction. In 2023, I will attract better because I understand that it all starts within. The better I become, the better I…
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Flowing Not Forcing
I just like having a plan. That’s what I liked to call it. I have never been one to like surprises or choose to play a weekend by ear. I like fulfilled expectation and validation. Being a “planner” fills that void. The best relationships, the best nights, and the best conversations in 2022 occurred unexpectedly.…
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Good Things Fall Apart, Better Things Fall Together
Receiving the due respect, courtesy, benevolence, and attentiveness you deserve from the world around you is out of arm’s reach. When all is said and done, the only person that truly owes these qualities to you, is yourself. It took me some time to swallow this… people are allowed to wake up and choose to…
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Level Up
Get ready to level up mentally, emotionally, spiritually, energetically. It is all coming. Do not underestimate how much can change in the last few months of 2022… it is time to get serious about your goals. If your life just got a little more challenging, you are climbing up to the next level, Stay consistent,…
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Stressed, Blessed and Pumpkin Obsessed
I will be happy once I— pause right there. Be happy with what you have. Be happy with where you are at. In fact, love where you are at. This fall, put a hold on destination chasing and adore where you are socially, academically, physically, mentally. Continue to prioritize what is important to you and…
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The Falsities of Timing
Time— a phenomena no mere mortal can master when it comes to its toll building connections. We meet the truest friend the month before parting ways. We cast gaze at the most attractive person… to find out they are already taking @TomHolland. We encounter someone who encourages our energy, but in unseasonable time. “It would…
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Embracing Loneliness As An Extrovert
Finding joy and pleasure in being alone— a phenomena echoed in my ear that I never quite understood. Being a people person is intuitive to me. Perhaps because I am genuinely invested in getting to know every individual I encounter. The highlight of my day: seeing my five roommates (and five honorary roommates, the coolest…
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Exploring College Friendships: Prioritize People Who Prioritize You
Typically, I share aspects of character building, wellness, and healthy habits that are current and that I am fully knowledgable of in my own life. There is no doubt that these thoughts are current, however, by no means have I mastered it. My optimal advice and lesson when approaching college friendships is to accept that…
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Simple and Guilty Pleasures
Speaking truth and nothing but the truth. Authenticity? Expect nothing less. I am coming clean about my simple and guilty pleasures. Simple pleasures are all about the present— brief, positive, commonplace. A specific peak of utmost satisfaction, sparked effortlessly. What’s the best part about simple pleasures? There is no cost and no loss. If you…
Much love, Shaudeh Farjami 