Category: Personal Essays
New Years Reflections and Resolutions
3-minute read time. Today’s post is short and sweet. Over this break, I have been less focused on my blog due to the holidays and applying to seemingly thousands of internships, but because New Year’s is a time of reflection and resolution, I thought I would break my silence with a small post. Please enjoy.… Read more
Improving the Narrative Around Hoarding, Part 2
10-minute read time. Today’s post is less original than educational. As promised, here is one of the assignments I submitted for one of the writing courses, with the professor’s comments attached so you can see my revision process. Below the file, you’ll find the revised article. If interested, please read it and tell me how… Read more
Goat paths
7-minute read time. According to a simple Google search, a goat path can be many things. It can be a grassy meadow. Posted about in the Amish Country News, the Goat Path is defined as the unusually shaped piece of land that stretches through some of the most used Amish farmland in the county. Its… Read more
Saving the world, one bottle at a time
7-minute read time. Everyone experiences climate anxiety differently. According to Cornell Health, climate anxiety, also known as eco-anxiety, is the feeling of stress about the effects of climate change on the environment, human health, and ecosystems. With climate anxiety comes a range of symptoms, including intrusive thoughts; feelings of grief, loss, anger, sadness, and guilt;… Read more
Hoarding symptoms, but not hoarding disorder
9-minute read time. Today’s post only scratches the surface of the elaborate field of mental health disorders and is certainly not the last time I will write about it. In the near future, I plan to publish more definition-based explainers about other mental health conditions that relate to, influence, and have symptoms similar to hoarding… Read more
Defining the Clutter: the Struggle of Labeling Hoarding
8-minute read time. Today’s post is another rough first draft of a piece I recently submitted for another class. Again, once I get comments on this piece, I’ll share them and edit them to improve the story. This article contains content you might have seen in my other pieces, namely the explainer I wrote about… Read more
Hesitancy
9-minute read time. I want to write a book. At least, I think I do. I think that the topic of this blog deserves to be published. I don’t care so much that it is me writing it (that’s not to say I don’t take pride in my work), but I think writing a book… Read more
Shower
6-minute read time. Today’s piece is a personal essay about my experience with cleanliness. Please enjoy. Stepping into the shower should feel relieving. Washing away a day’s worth of sweat, grime, and dirt is usually a pleasant, comforting experience. As the warm water washes over you, the smell of your shampoo fills your nostrils, and… Read more
Improving the Narrative Around Hoarding, Part 1
9-minute read time. This weekend’s post is a rough first draft of a piece I recently submitted for one of my classes about 20 minutes ago, LOL. I thought it might be illuminating to take you all through my drafting and revision process, so once I get comments on this piece, I’ll share them and… Read more
Secret Superpower of Hoarder Children
5-minute read time. I have always considered myself an observer. I notice the people around me, their mannerisms and behaviors, how they dress, talk, and chew. Sometimes, I wonder if they notice me looking at them. I wonder if they think I am staring at them, judging from afar. As I sit in this Panera… Read more
