When I was twelve-years-old, my mother quit her job. At the time, she was the vice president of the hospital for which she worked.
Posts published by “Nick Smith”
You may be familiar with the phrase, “it’s lonely at the top.” This common phrase has roots back to the 15th century; “Uneasy lies the head of the crown” was scripted in Henry IV, Part 2, William Shakespeare’s play about the prominent English King.
A new virus is plaguing academia; American consumerism. Academia has changed immensely in the past few decades. There is no hiding the exponentially increasing price tag affiliated with a college education.
We all were raised not to lie. Lying is bad. We have been taught that way since we were children. A unique paradox exists between telling a lie and speaking your mind.
Just last weekend I watched one of my best friends win the fencing national championships. For the last six years of my life, I have been a fencer.
There is a famously notorious statistic regarding how poorly we keep our fitness-related New Year’s resolutions. At the beginning of every year, gym memberships are up around fifteen percent and by the end of the year, new members are in the negatives as more people bail on their newly minted aims for the year.
We need friends. Martin Seligman, a foundational researcher in the field of positive psychology, discovered that out of the 100+ factors affecting happiness, the single greatest determinant is the relationships we have.
PTSD has become a buzzword and is often thrown around and even desensitized due to the reckless use of the word disregarding its true meaning.
Moving into college is exciting. Whether you are a returning student or a first year, we all are prone to experiencing “the honeymoon phase”, that initial wave of excitement we feel when starting something new, seeing and making new friends, and being around other motivated and energized individuals.