Cassidy Peterson

As I was walking to class the other day, my outfit started to rebel against me. I was wearing a pair of thrifted shoes that were definitely more aesthetic than functional at this point, and the sole started to peel away and do that flapping thing. Then, before I could even finish my 10-minute walk and come up with a solution, I noticed the heel of the shoes had started giving me blisters. If you saw me that day, you probably thought, "How sad". So, when I got to campus, I decided to head...

I believe we are all inherently self-centered. This isn't a bad thing; I think it is natural. We all have our own entire worlds to occupy our own minds, so there is hardly any room left to give thought and energy to everyone else's worlds sometimes. It's really easy to accept that we only have time to care for ourselves and the few who are close to us, and that everyone else is not our problem. However, I think we can all do better at counteracting our self-centeredness. It's not any one of...

I think it is human nature to compare ourselves to one another. We each do so differently, but we do do it. In our subconscious thoughts, we quickly evaluate everyone else as better or worse, popular or not, socially aware or weird, older or younger, smart or dumb, or mature or immature. I think we miss out on so many opportunities by relying on this evaluation to decide who we will welcome into our lives. This type of differentiation limits your life to such a narrow experience. When we...