The Best Technological Resources for Learning a New Language
Looking to learn a new language? Looking to continue strengthening your language skills after you've left the classroom or the country you've been studying in? Have no fear, Sierra is here, with a lis...Continue reading
Take a Hike: How Nature Affects Our Health
It's no secret that in today's technological age, people are longing to disconnect and head out into nature to feel better. Nature has been known to have healing properties, whether from the plants ha...Continue reading
The Dangers of Being a Workaholic
My father works four jobs. My mother works two. At my peak, I worked four jobs, but now I only work two. Some might describe my family as hardworking, which is usually a positive adjective; others mig...Continue reading
Choosing the Best Living Situation for You: A Guide to Apartments
To have roommates or to not have roommates, that is the question. Hunting for apartments can be an exhilarating experience: it's one of the first steps to becoming a strong, independent woman! But if ...Continue reading
Dealing With Your Ex Moving On (In a Healthy, Positive Way)
My mother always says this about relationships: "you're either going to breakup or get married". Most of the time, outcome that happens is the breakup instead of the marriage. It's not a surprise that...Continue reading
How to Deal with Reverse Culture Shock
Your semester abroad has ended and you've packed all your belongings. You've gotten on the plane and have arrived home safely. But now, home feels like a foreign country; the values, customs, and cult...Continue reading
How to Combat the Coming Home Blues
Studying abroad can be an amazing experience. Before you left, you felt nervous about acclimating to a new culture and excited about the new adventures and possibilities ahead. While you were studying...Continue reading
Starving Students: Food Insecurity on College Campuses
As an undergraduate student, I have lived both in the dorms and off campus; I currently live off campus in an apartment and buy my own groceries. Sometimes money gets tight, so I eat cereal for all th...Continue reading
Dealing with American Stereotypes as an American Abroad
When you go abroad, you're bound to meet other people, whether that be at your hostel, at a restaurant, at a park, or wherever else you meet people. And when you go abroad as someone from the United S...Continue reading
The Joy of Taking a Break – Exhale For Your Mental Health
In our lives, we have tasks that we need to complete to be successful. We have projects and deadlines at work. We have papers to write for class. We have skills that we're trying to strengthen, like l...Continue reading