For those who don't know, when I was seven years old, I spent about three weeks in a children’s hospital after a gun accident incapacitated me. Seventeen years later, the hospital stay itself is but a distant memory—except one of the parts that I distinctly remember from that time is watching the Disney Pixar movie “A Bug’s Life” nearly every single day. The once-traumatizing “flashbulb memory” of the accident is psychologically associated with that movie. Recently, I came to...

The last 10 days have been pretty crazy. I started off 2017 by driving from Wisconsin (thanks for letting me couchsurf again Meredith and Dan!!!! <3 ) to South Carolina to pick up Paige and Isaac from South Carolina. I went from -20 degree weather to 75 degree weather in a matter of 24 hours. The drive to SC was brutal; being trapped in a metal box without being able to move around or look away from the road for 15 solid hours felt like a form of torture. Granted, I was able to listen to...

 Internet Addiction Disorder

                -Controversy: Is being addicted to the internet inherently a bad thing? Computers can be productive but it can also get sorely in the way of your productivity.

I recently listened to a podcast by Stuff You Should Know about computer addiction. When I stumbled upon it, I had already made the resolution to get rid of my Facebook for one year. It struck me as fascinating, so I decided to write a whole post about it; I will be paraphrasing much ...

        A lot of people can relate to the concept of being a social “chameleon,” where one only shows parts of themselves that line up with what another person prefers, or would actually alter their personality to fit in. It is common for us to adapt ourselves to fit in, either by recognizing a better version of who we could be or by trying to survive [socially] from an evolutionary standpoint. It’s also one thing to find the common ground between family, friends, or lovers and bond ...