Who Changes and Who Doesn’t

I’m writing this in the hope that someone who needs to read it, one day, will. I’ve come to a realization over the course of my latest trip back to NH: only the best people change, the worst ones won’t.

Long Days, Short Update

A week or so ago, someone asked me if I was glad to be back in school – and I really, really am. I told them as much, and they seemed surprised – who wants to be in school, amirite?

Aggressively Medium

I was probably in the 10th grade when it hit me. We were all gathering in the gymnasium for some assembly, and as I sat down, I thought a thought I’d never thought before: I’m average.

The Year of Boundaries (A Lesson in Taking Up Space)

Human relationships are all about good budgeting. We budget our time, our mental energy, and, perhaps most importantly, we budget pieces of ourselves. All of our friends get little pieces of us, it’s how we make friends in the first place. We have to decide what pieces to give away, and what pieces to keep for ourselves.

Making the List: October 2017

The best summer of my life to date was Summer 2014. I had just graduated high school, and I was looking forward to starting college in the fall. I spent the summer lounging on a hammock in the sun, and reading some amazing books. I can still remember how I felt that summer, how colors were brighter, and how wide open the world seemed.

Four Months

I’m really no good at blogging. Everything I’ve tried to write tonight has come out stunted and forced. I keep breaking the number one rule of writing – show, don’t tell.

Suicide and Paying Attention

When a celebrity commits suicide, the world seems to split into two factions: those pleading, “Why did they have to go?” and those stating, “They took the cowardly way out.”

Earthquake, Job, Rain

First: According to my geology class a few semesters ago, New England is one of the most geologically boring places on earth.

Two Weeks

Male and female brains, in general, are wired in a kind of complementary way.

Captain’s Log, June 16th, 2017

The best part about South Dakota? The speed limit.