Due to the ongoing personal branding and social media craze, everyone is trying to brand themselves as a person interested in so-and-so or an expert in a specific area. As a consequence, there are an abundance of blogs out there telling you how to blog, what to blog about, or what not to blog about….
Recently I’ve been thinking about what it means to be authentic to yourself. It means understanding who you are and sticking to that, and making decisions based on your personal hopes, dreams, passions, and preferences. It means not settling for a job you don’t love, even in this economy. It means staying true to yourself….
Here is a guest post I recently wrote for my friend Grace’s blog. Grace is featuring guest posts by fellow Gen Yers on the topic “What Inspires You?” in order to find out what makes Gen Y tick. I’m honored that she asked me to write a blog for her theme, and I am posting…
Recently, Grace invited me to write a guest post for her blog on “What Inspires You?” The topic really did get me thinking, and even inspired me further. One of the things I wrote about was writing itself. I’ve always been incredibly inspired by writing, and by words. I’ve grown up on poetry, and…
Back at my undergraduate institution, I always ran into a problem. I could never find students interested in the same thing that I was. I’m an economics and political science major, so I love to discuss international politics and economics, and I love hearing and talking about what’s going on in the world around me….
Hi everyone! So, I know all the arguments against it — but I’m starting a new blog focused on the intersection of human rights and social enterprise, things I’m insanely excited about. Please check out some of the posts I’ve written below. I’ve imported the most relevant ones from my previous blog, and I hope…