Posts published by “Breona Pizzuta”

There’s something about winter semester that makes internship anxiety louder. Maybe it’s the flood of LinkedIn announcements. Maybe it’s the group chat messages about who “heard back.”

Winter in college hits differently. The days are shorter, the weather is colder, and suddenly even the idea of leaving your dorm feels exhausting.

The modern woman is often celebrated for her ability to juggle: a successful career, a demanding home life, community involvement, and the emotional labor of maintaining relationships.

When people say “college is where you find your lifelong friends,” it can feel like a lot of pressure. Between classes, part-time jobs, and trying to keep up with everything else, making meaningful connections sometimes feels like one more thing on a never-ending to-do list.

If you’ve ever looked around campus and thought, “How does she have it all together?”, you’re not alone. The “perfect college girl” myth, the idea that we’re supposed to be straight-A students, thriving socially, career-focused, stylish, and somehow still well-rested, has become an unspoken pressure for many women.