Stay Gold

I am a big proponent for Greek Life. I can rattle off all the benefits, show you all my fabulous sisters, and wear my letters till the end of time, but you’re the only one who can truly decide if it’s for you. I was talking to my friend Mckenna, who’s a year younger, about going through recruitment and I thought if there are any other indecisive, young Padawans (#sorrynotsorry, #starwarsreference) out there you could also use my advice! 1. Consider why you want to join a sorority. Is it for the t-shirts, the parties, your resume, the sisterhood? No reason is a bad reason, but if something’s holding you back think of other ways you can get what you want. This is a bit of a double-edged sword because someone who ended up joining for all the cute merch may have stayed for her sisters. Personally, I wanted the same camaraderie in college as I had on my high school dance team. 2. Can you afford it? This is typically a touchy subject. At my school, we’re told to avoid to conver...

Selfie of me @ Kaldi's with my friend Tommy I skipped last week’s blog post. I told myself on Saturday that I’d write it. It came and went, so I moved onto Sunday. “I’ll get it done today!” I told myself again . And yet, no post. Here’s the thing. I was just being proud of myself for keeping up with blogging all summer as it was on my to-do list. I’ve wanted blogging to be my “thing” for a very long time now and at the very least, it’s a documentation of usually brief periods in my life. I was feeling good and thinking that I maybe could even handle this once a week at school. Nothing dramatic, just a little life update or whatever I’m obsessing over. I like to write anyway, so I could just put that time towards my blog. I went to a bonfire with my friends instead of writing a post on Friday Something I’ve also tried to do is write the posts in advance. I write when I have free time or inspiration hits. By Friday, all I have to do is upload the sucker. But last week, W...