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Do Work, Be Happy, And Stop Trying To Monetize Your Joy

I’ve spent most of my working life until now trying to figure out how I…

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Boredom Is My Arch-Nemesis

“The over-bored go overboard.” I came across that line in a post by Katherine Leon…

Getting To Know Kelsey Through GIFs

Welcome to the next episode of Getting to Know Literally, Darling‘s authors! I love GIFs…

A Cynic’s Guide To “The Secret”

Ask, believe, receive. This is my oldest sister Queenie’s new philosophy, taken from the pages…

On Being A Morning Person

“I had to hit snooze three times on my alarm this morning.” “Why can’t school…

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On Knowing When To Quit

Sometimes it seems like, in our current economy, “quit” is the ultimate four-letter word. When…

Picking On Repeat: Life With Dermatillomania

The term dermatillomania is really just a more complicated term for Skin Picking Disorder, which…

5 Resolutions For Better Hair In 2014

We’re coming to the end of the first month of the year, which means it’s…

Should I Have Kids? The Cray-Cray Edition

My Facebook feed is breeding babies at the moment. Everywhere I look, babies are having…

#Murica: 15 Ways You Know You’re From A Military Town

By Rachel Francis The place I call “home” is Hampton Roads, Va. Hampton Roads is…

7 Tips For Living In A Small Space

Tiny houses seem to be having a moment right now. The compact homes are cheaper…

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Going Vegan (Sort Of) And Easy Recipes

By Sarah Shermyen Last summer was a strange one for me. I took six weeks…

Literally, Your Guide To Internships

So you want to be an intern. It’s the most big baby step of your…

6 Ways to Wake Up More Easily

After a few weeks of meeting up with friends for coffee, working out at my…

Melanoma And My Road To Inner Peace

It’s spring break, junior year in high school. I am 17 years old, on a…

Let’s Eat Cupcakes For Dinner

Darlings, meet Kathleen from Cupcakes for Dinner. Kathleen is a baker extraordinaire who lives in…

Personality Tests: What Are They Good For?

Back when I was in undergraduate in psychology (AKA back when I knew absolutely everything),…

The Panic of Asthma Attacks

After 21 years of (moderately) succeeding at keeping myself alive, I have been slammed with…

6 Things Everyone Worries About But Really Shouldn’t

We all do it. We spend half our time worrying, wondering, trying to figure out…

That’s Not My Face On The Cover Of The Magazine

I’ve always wanted to write for a magazine. I grew up reading women’s magazines in…