I stopped drinking coffee yesterday morning. I didn’t brew it myself when I woke up—I simply forgot I wanted some. Today, I looked at the brewer and realized I really didn’t need a cup.

Now, if you know anything about my polar...

Every year, I start off the fall semester by committing to tons of things–and by finals I’m stressed and vow to do better for myself spring semester, paring down my commitments and taking better care of myself. One thing that...

For me, it’s hard not to feel like an outsider looking in. Most of the time, I experience things as if I’m watching life unfold from somewhere outside of myself. Too often, I overanalyze situations as a spectator instead of...

I just signed up for my last semester of classes EVER. (At least at Penn –for now.) With graduation just six months away, I face the task of squeezing the lemon that is life. And while that means saying ‘yes’ to doing as many...

I recently received my first three philosophy papers back. Two of them I had been excited to write, as they expressed some of my original ideas and what I really thought about the subject under discussion. For the other one, I...