- 10 Reasons To Love Your Mom
- How To Prepare For The End Of College
- How To Apologize And How To Forgive, Even When An Apology Isn’t Issued
- The Things You Will Regret
- How To Get Friend Zoned
- The Five Worst Encounters I’ve Ever Had
- 6 Reasons You Fall In Love With Someone
- The 12 Commandments of College Partying
- Why Every Relationship Matters
- What Brings Us Together
- 9 Simple Rules For Successfully…With Your Ex
- 6 Things I Regret Doing When I Was 22
- Let’s Calm Down About Love, We’re Only In Our 20s
- An Open Letter To Men-Children, From A Woman In Her 20s
- Yesterday, I Took A Stand
- The 5 Strangest Disappearing Acts In ‘Boy Meets World’
- 13 Things We’re Afraid To Say
- Who Would You Be If You Weren’t Afraid?
- 7 Creepy Things That Everybody Does
Tag Archives: Questions
Thought Catalog Roundup
- My Love Life Is Pretty Sad
- Holding On For Too Long - Red Rover always seemed liked a dangerous game to me.
- The 10 Commandments of Being Awesome
- Crushes Are Fun
- The 5 Rules of Baring Your Soul
- So It’s Your Birthday On Facebook
- Live Out Your Truth
- 30 Life Lessons For 20-Somethings With Too Many Feelings
- 10 Things Only You Can Give Yourself
- How To Attend Your Ex’s Wedding
- Why You’re Not An Adult Yet
- Having Patience When Time Is Moving Too Fast
- 5 Things I Wish I’d Known In My 20s
- 21 Dating Truths We Need To Realize
- Why We Should Be Together - …four-head. c’mon Thought Catalog, get on your game!
- 30 Things You Will Definitely Miss About College
- Why I Go…
- How To Deal With Not Being An Extrovert
- 7 Things They Don’t Teach You In School
On Selfies:
There are often times throughout my day where I drift off into a tangent and immediately become so enamored within a subject that I ask myself constant questions to no one but myself. They’re questions that I have nonetheless and don’t they…deserve answers?
I came across a self-taken photograph on my Facebook newsfeed today. Shortly after that an acquaintance of mine “liked” it. Immediately, I asked WHY.
On the person that took the selfie:
- How did you get to this decision where you decided to take a picture of yourself?
- Is it because you simply like the way that you look?
- How many times did you take this? There’s no way you got it right the first time.
- What kind of response do you hope to gain from this?
- What does a lot of likes mean to you on this photo?
- Also, I see you’re in your car. Hopefully you’re not driving. Isn’t there a more appropriate background for this self taken photo?
On the person that “liked” the selfie:
- Why are you liking this photo?
- When you like this photo, is it because you like the caption or because you just like this person’s face?
- Don’t you think there’s something more substantial that you could be putting your “likes” towards?
Either way… years have gone by and it’s a Facebook action/reaction that I still can’t comprehend. Judgments all around!
Conversations From 20-Somethings
A couple of weeks ago, my former professor asked me if I would be interested in coming into one of her classes and talking about my post-grad life. I was excited about the idea because I absolutely love my university, but I am nervous about it because as much as I have learned in the last year, I’m not sure if anything I say will be able to prepare these students for what their life will be like outside of the Capitol Hill neighborhood and their Jesuit education.
When someone asks me about my life at college, I could talk their ear off. It is where I started this blog. It is the place that instilled in me the core values that I take into my life today. It provided me with opportunities that I never thought were within reach and I was able to imagine ideas and turn them into creations and traditions. There are many current students and graduated students who can relate to my feelings on our university and for that we have been given both a blessing and a curse.
What if Other Planets Replaced Earth’s Moon?
Neptune instead of the moon
Being a little bit of a space nut, I was excited to come across this post that replaced the moon with other planets. I remember being a kid and just wishing that I could see the entire solar system in the sky every night and not just the moon. Distance didn’t really mean all that much to me back then. These images were created by artist Ron Miller who kind of had a similar question to mine. Check out the rest of the shots here.
Thought Catalog Roundup
Sometimes we need to see things from another perspective…
- 306 Words About My Alcoholic Father
- What Loneliness Feels Like
- When I Sold Your Engagement Ring
- Would You Settle?
- I Worked As A High-End Stripper
- 50 Ways To Love Someone
- 7 Questions About Dating You Wish You Could Ask
- The Beginning and End of My Secret Relationship
- He Suffocated Me, I Cheated
- A Real Man
- A Letter From Your Bartender
- 40 Hilariously Mean Roger Ebert Reviews
- The 50 Greatest Tweets Of All Time
- 25 Things You Can Forgive Yourself Off
- What I Think About Girls
- The 5 Worst Things About Dating In College
- Jimmy Fallon’s 10 Best ‘Late Night’ Moments
- 26 Things I Wanted To Say To The Loud Girl On Her Phone At Starbucks
- The Truth About Getting Hired At A Start-Up
- To The Boy Who Molested Me On The School Bus
- 7 Things The Hard Times Teach You
- 7 Things I Miss About College
- I Can’t Wait For My 30s
- 7 Things It Really Sucks To Get Emotionally Invested In
- 24 Signs You’re A Hopeless Romantic
- Being A 20-Something Isn’t That Difficult And You’re 30s Aren’t A Death Sentence. The End.
- How To…Without Developing Any Feelings Whatsoever
- How To Tell If A Woman Is Faking
- To You
- How You Know Someone Cares
- 24 Painful Things You Must Do To Grow Up
- Sexting For Wusses: A How-To Guide
Thought Catalog Roundup
- Kindness: Pass It On
- 7 Reasons Why Dating Is The Absolute Worst
- 15 Things We Should All Admit
- 26 Things I Learned During My First Year Of Real Employment
- On Being Good Enough
- How Do I Erase You
- Things You Have To Learn On Your Own
- 86 Things I Learned In College
- Judging Success As A 20-Something
- The 7 Most Unappealing Qualities In People (ie. my generation)
- Physical Appearance Should Not Be The Most Attractive Thing About You
- Why Your Work Disappoints You
- Why I Still Believe In Marriage
- This Is Tough Love
- How To Move On
- The 7 Most Appealing Qualities In People
- I Wanted To Tell You
- 5 Reasons To Get Excited For Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Bling Ring’
- I Like You
- 15 Times I Want To Die Of Embarrassment
- 10 Reasons 22 Is The Perfect Age
- White Lies We Should Stop Telling Each Other
Thought Catalog Roundup
- Once Your Heart Has Been Damaged
- I Only Love Myself
- The 10 Best ‘Mean Girls’ Quotes To Use In Day-To-Day Life
- Dear Hiring Manager: I’m A Hopeless Victim
- Distance Doesn’t Matter, I Still Think About You All Day Long
- 35 Ways To Know You’re Ron Swanson
- 24 Dates To Take Yourself On
- What Your Shoes Say About You
- 15 Ways To Make Me Fall For You
- ‘The First Time’ Is The Best Rom-Com Nobody Has Ever Seen
- What Your Bed Time Says About You
- I Was The Other Woman
- The Problem With Saying “Get A Job”
- How To Love An Extrovert
- 5 Weird Things I Did In High School That Didn’t Seem Weird At The Time
- The Things Girls Want To Hear
- How To Buy A Wolf Shirt
- 10 Things You Hate To Do
- People Whose Feelings Have An On/Off Switch Are Terrifying
- The Things Girls Are Afraid To Say
- Goodbyes Are The Worst
- 10 Ways To Travel As A Poor 20-Something
- 5 Things We Are All Jealous Of
- “Are You From Africa” And Other Stupid Questions
Thought Catalog Roundup
- 5 Quickest Ways To Kill A Conversation
- Eat Your Heart Out: On My Wife’s Eating Disorder
- What If You Do End Up Alone?
- Love, In Five Paragraphs
- We All Need Someone To Get A Beer With
- The Time I Had To Say Goodbye
- The 8 Versions Of You
- 10 Things Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Addicts Fear
- 5 Taylor Swift Lyrics We Can All Relate To
- How To Be Friends With Your Ex
- An Open Letter To The Girl I Loved And Lost
- Chris (A Story About Xanax and ___)
- Dating You Was A Nightmare
- 10 Reasons Why Sleep Is The Best
- The 5 People You Will Fall In Love With
- If You Are Scared To See Them, You Are Not A Coward
- So You Want To Write Online?
- If You Kissed Me
- There Is A Certain Kind Of Hatred That Comes With Divorce
- 5 Things I’ve Learned About Life Through Text Messaging
- How To Get Your Heart Broken
Thought Catalog Roundup
- My Best Friend’s Girl
- A Few Words On Interracial Dating: Kim & Kanye
- Do You Love Her?
- Relatable Writing
- Breaking Up With A Friend Is Harder Than Breaking Up With A Significant Other
- Let’s Skip Ahead To The Good Part
- Top 5 Most Condescending Things You Can Say To Someone
- 40 ‘Mean Girls’ Quotes That Make Everyday Life Worth Living
- 3 Reasons Why Being In A Relationship In Your 20s Is Easy
- 7 Social Situations Everyone Should Avoid
- Is It Really So Bad To Be Looking At Your Phone
- How To Fall In Love With The Wrong Person
- Is A Relationship Supposed To Be Hard Work?
- Don’t Write About The People You Have Loved Does this apply to Taylor Swift?
- 3 Reasons Why Being In A Relationship In Your 20s Is Hard
- 8 Essential Qualities For A Best Friend
- Signs You’re A Homebody
- How To Live With Your Ex After You Breakup
- The Evolution Of A 20-Something’s Alcohol Consumption
A Collection Part 33
Veronica told me just the other day that I was overdue for A Collection post. In looking through my archives, I see that it has only been TWO months. This is actually probably a new record for us. Like many “A Collection” posts, there is no theme. I wish I had something to say about how I’m feeling or why I chose the photographs that I did, but I choose them because at the time it is what is most pleasing to me!
Enjoy!
Thought Catalog Roundup
- I Am Sick Of Drinking
- Top 10 Girl Code Rules
- 8 Questions That Have No Right Answers
- A Word On Interracial Dating: I Act White
- How To Love An Introvert
- 23 Signs You’re Falling For Your Friend With Benefits
- 15 Things That Shouldn’t Stress You Out
- Things You Do When You’re Young And Stupid
- 6 Shows That Have Overstayed Their Welcome
- 10 Things You Must Get Rid Of In Order To Succeed
- 21 People And Things We Can’t Take Too Seriously
- 28 Signs You’re A Hipster
- 21 Signs You’re The Sad Single Friend
- The 6 Worst Places To Go As A Kid
- The 7 Worst Ways To Break Up With Someone
- In Defense Of Millennials
- We Were Something Special
- 19 Ways To Make Me Fall In Love With You
- 15 Reasons Your Best Friend Is More Important Than Your Boyfriend
- I Want To Explore With You
- 22 Signs You’re A Typical 20-Something
- 26 Things That Aren’t Worth Getting Upset About
- 5 Romantic Deal Breakers That Will Make Me Never Date You
- A Mix Is Still The Most Romantic Gift
- You Are Important
Thought Catalog Roundup
- 5 Things College Teaches You About Life
- How To Not Hate Everyone In Your 20s
- 10 Of Life’s Indulgences Gone Wrong
- How To Slap A Former Flame In His Stupid F*cking Face
- Something Like A Love Poem
- What If I Stayed?
- 10 Things I Learned About Love From Justin Timberlake
- The Worst Things To Do On A First Date
- 7 Things You Still Have Time To Learn
- 10 Friends We Need To Stage An Intervention For
- The 29 Worst Things About Being In Your 20s
- Digital Ghosts: Death And Social Media
- 7 Apartment Additions To Feign Adulthood
- The Girl Who Dresses Like It’s New Year’s Eve Every Day
- If You Leave Me
- When They Don’t Love You Back
- 5 People You Are Not Friends With
- 20 Things We Always Forget
Thought Catalog Roundup
- 15 Reasons Why People Move To New York City
- 7 Signs You’re Dating A Narcissist
- How To Get Taken Out To Dinner By Your Parents When You Are Broke
- How Did Kim Kardashian get So Popular?
- What Others Leave For You To Keep
- How To Tell You’re Becoming The Lame Friend
- 25 Ways To Pretend You’re A Mature Adult
- When They Move On Before You Do
- 7 Things Moms Like To Do
- 30 Things You Experience When You’re Broke
- The Kind Of Girl I Am
- 6 Scary Realizations You Have As You Grow Up
- 20 Things Single People Hate
- 17 Lessons I Learned In 2012
- Why You Shouldn’t Be So Freaked Out About Your Future
- 7 People You Should Absolutely Not Date In 2013
Thought Catalog Roundup
- 15 Fabulous Reasons It’s Okay To Be Single During The Holidays
- 25 Things You Should Remember To Do Every Day
- Questions I Have After Going To The Mall
- This Will Never Happen Again
- 13 Signs You’re Officially Over Your Ex
- 11 Types Of Songs Drunk People Like To Sing
- The 8 Emotional Stages of Watching ‘Catfish: The TV Show’
- 32 Of Life’s Simple Pleasures
- 5 Easy Steps To Being An Adult
- From One Moron To Another, Love Advice For Taylor Swift
- Review Of Childhood Activities (And Whether They Worked Or Not)
- The One Who Wants To Be With You
- 29 Things To Avoid In A Boyfriend
- 25 Things Y0u Should Know About Love
- “Meggings”: “Hot New Fashion Trend?
- Stocking Stuffers For 20 Somethings
- What People Say On The Internet Vs. What They Really Mean
- 26 Questions For The Person Who Dumped You
- 7 Signs You Can’t Party As Much As You Used To
