In 2004, I voted for John Kerry. I was twenty and proud to be voting in my first presidential election but when I checked the boxes on the absentee ballot that my parents had mailed to my college dorm room, I knew little more about the candidates than their first and last names. I voted [...]

(Originally guest posted here.)
Lately, I’ve found myself complaining a lot about my job. Words like “understaffed” and “overworked” have been rolling off my tongue. However, when I find myself ruminating a little too much, I just whisper a sentence to myself to make it all seem sunny again.
“At least it’s not KFC.”
Yes, KFC, home of the [...]

I’m writing this post from a sulky place, just to be forewarned.
I’m feeling what might be best described as professional life depression right now. As you may or may not know, I am a PhD student in a rather fierce program, one that ensures that fatigue and caffeine overconsumption are rather regular states for me. [...]

“Have you met the new girl they just hired?” she asks. 
I shake my head.
“Apparently she’s some ridiculous supermodel or something, and a bunch of your co-workers are freaking out it.”
I turn to her boyfriend, my co-worker. “What’s the story?”
I know we are hiring new people, and they had been conducting a number of interviews over [...]

Rejection is something that I do not handle very well at all. I take it personally. Really personally. Even when I know I shouldn’t. I recognize this about myself, but still can’t seem to get over it.
Rejection is something that you usually have to deal with a lot in your twenties and it comes in [...]

I have been told countless times that, in the decades to come, I will be eternally grateful about looking young for my age.
However, at the moment, it’s a pretty big pain in the ass.
This is mostly because I’m already partially situated in a profession in which I am objectively quite young (non-stop university since ending [...]