Week 16: Exploring More Of Cataluña
Hey there Beholders 🙂 I took this week nice and slow. Now that I’m done with weekend traveling, I decided I wanted to rest up this week fully (and by rest up, I mean studying for finals, reading A LOT,…
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Turning Leaves and Turning Pages in November
Hello Beholders! Yes, I’ve chosen to call you all beholders from now on (which may or may not be the name of a monster that is a floating ball of flesh with a big mouth and one eye from Dungeons…
Week 15: A is for Amsterdam
As the time winds down on my semester abroad I am starting to get a tad exhausted. Traveling every weekend, trying new things in each city, etc. All tiring. Especially when I am lacking routine during the week. And I’m…
Why I Think Maid is the Best Series Ever
PEOPLE, we need to talk about the show Maid. This show is hands down the best show that I have ever watched. The series is created by Molly Smith Metzler and inspired by Stephanie Land’s memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low…
Week 14: Filling My Last Few Weeks to the Max
Such an active week this was! I did something exciting every single day. Starting with… Midnight Runners Barcelona The first exciting thing that I did this week was join a running club. A friend that I met through my neighbors posted…
My Advice for Balancing Work, School, and Play
Have you ever heard of the saying, “Good grades, social life, or sleep: Pick two”? Well, I’m here to tell you that you can do it all and more! As a UCSD student who gets good grades, has a social…
Week 13: So Many Wieners in Wien
Another great week for the books! In Barcelona, we had a pretty chill week. I tried to fix my sleep schedule a little bit because I’m used to being an early bird but that hasn’t been the case recently. I…
My Tips on How to Cope With Burnout
Ah, burnout. This is definitely something that I experience; worse, I let it get to me. There have been times when I’ve hardly studied for something because I was so burnt out. To me, burnout is when I’m ready for…
Week 12: Switzerland Has My Heart
I can’t find another word to explain this week but “beautiful.” For the most part, it was a peaceful week for me. I got the chance to take a little more care of myself this week than normal. At the…
October Favorites: A Trio of Reads that Inspired, Entertained, and Informed
The Drifters by James A. Michener I read The Drifters for the first time when I was in ninth grade and it was such a big inspiration for me. This book is one of the reasons that I decided to study international business at a school across…