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Day 2: An Addendum
I really want to try to soak things in rather than just take pictures of them. It’s nice to have those memories captured on camera, but I really want to feel experiences and have stories to talk about. Just now, I ventured out of my dorm where I had been resting, alone, for the past few hours. Continue reading
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Day 2: June 16, 2013
It’s only 1 pm over here, and I’m ready to call it a day. I was not ready for this. I wasn’t prepared to feel so out of my element and so lost and, surprisingly, so homesick. It’s bittersweet. I’m glad I’m back, but part of me actually wishes I were home. Our dorms I Continue reading
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Day 1: June 15, 2013
I was prepared for the overwhelming happiness that I felt upon touching down in Washington, D.C. at 4:30 in the afternoon after six long hours of travel. I was prepared for the confusion in finding the right Metro path to take in order to get to our dorm rooms and for the gratitude I felt Continue reading
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The Six-Days-Before-Departure Post
There came a time during this past week when I finally stopped asking myself, “Is this trip really happening?” I think it has all sunk in. The fact that I’m actually going to Washington D.C. and London has finally started to hit me. I’m due to leave bright and early this coming Saturday, but my Continue reading
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Pre-Departure
[also published here on the 2013 Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives Global Sustainability Studies Programs blogsite] I left a piece of my heart in Washington, D.C in July 2008. At the time, I was sixteen, blissfully naïve, and participating in a program called the National Young Leadership Conference during which I spent ten days walking around Continue reading
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The Day I Realized I Can’t Save The Whole World
It’s official. I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. That’s not true. I’ve wanted to be an author since I was four years old, and I knew I was cut out to be one since I was eight and started writing short novels. I love to write, live for it. Continue reading
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An Overwhelming Day
Today was one of those days that made me question everything. My life, my choices, my future… I am so mentally drained that I just want to curl up into a ball with South Park and my kitty and just focus on what I’m going to wear tomorrow or what color of eyeliner to buy Continue reading
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Reblogged Post: How To Live In Washington DC
Wow. This is… wow. This was just too good not to reblog. Continue reading
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Going For It
I have been thinking about the future a lot lately. When I say future, I’m not talking about it in general terms as a sustainability major should. Instead, I’m rather selfishly thinking of my own future and what it holds for me. More specifically, I’m thinking about grad school and the rest of my undergraduate Continue reading
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Drunk Drivers, Hurtful Words, and Humans in General
My big sister was in an accident with a drunk driver the other night. She had a green light and was passing under a freeway when an old Ford came out of nowhere and flew in front of her. She was able to slam on the brakes in time to hit the back end of Continue reading
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