Immediately after graduation, I dove headfirst into the 9 to 5 beast, knowing very little about what to expect from co-workers and office life outside of my university incubation chamber.

Will you insist that reality is nuanced, or demand that it is black and white?

He was married at the time, but in our moment nuptials didn’t matter. Nothing did.

You are kind but straightforward about your intentions– you don’t leave people questioning or hanging, and you certainly don’t use people for your own selfish desires.

The excruciating period of time between when you realize you’re in love with them and when you actually get the nerve to say it.

It’s hard to feel like physical appearance doesn’t take precedence when it’s our chief focus.

The only way to escape the constant nagging of “agenda anxiety” is to have a glass of wine, or two, or three.

9. Taylor Swift.

It’s not every day you get to meet someone famous…

You’re still unclear on the idea of the Holy Spirit and why he has to be present at every middle school dance.

Family parties are infinitely more entertaining when you have a group of you that can retreat from the holiday madness and just hang out and/or observe your hilarious relatives who…

I talked to a kid from my school that got caught planning to bomb us during an assembly. It’s sad because he was a nice and smart kid.

My life was perfect. Then it began.

“She developed her disposable camera film to find a roll of film with numerous pictures of her sleeping at night, on different nights.”

Because most people quit. Most people let the silence press them down, dim their screaming passion to a dull drone. We mustn’t let it.

This Saturday morning cartoon marathon will throw you back to childhood so fast you just might taste cereal.

Get your feelings hurt. Get your egos bruised. Get called a “creep” or whatever else people will say.

Before my wife acquired her iPhone 5, she and I shared a lot of moments together.

“And she’s got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”

The perfect opportunity you keep picturing in your head? That’s your ego protecting you from change — the feeling of pain and failure that is deliberate practice and experimentation.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW AND READ THIS.

You often use the term “bff” to describe them. They have never used those words to describe you.

3. Break into tears over absolutely nothing

“You should settle down by [insert age here], it’s all downhill from there.”

I hope that these clips leave you laughing and nostalgic for the times you spent laughing with the family.

Okay, a few words of warning: This “Stay In School” PSA from Australia is graphic. It is not safe for work. It is awesome.

Coco Chanel was an active Nazi collaborator, and was even dating a high-ranking SS officer.

On one of our first dates, my wife and I decided to go to a park in Chicago just to walk around. After we left, we realized that we were…

“When are you getting married?” is not a question, it is a way of life.

People might think it’s an easy job, but imagine being on the road for 18 hours, hauling 10 tons of whatever-it-is, without anyone to talk to, but the drone of…

It’s not just a ball that is kicked up and down the field.

A child suffering of fear of the dark is not subject for ridicule or torment. Her parents do not follow her around the house, switching off lights. She is not…

We hold our friends’ hair when they throw up. We bring them food and watch Netflix with them when they’re sick. We console them when they’re disappointed. We nurture.

If ever there was a type of human being that deserved the “Don’t worry, they’ll tell you!” punch line, a Californian would be it.

I went on a date once with a guy who intended to study mortuary science. He asked me how I’d feel about taking a cold bath before sex, and then…

I just want to start off by saying if you want an answer at the end, prepare to be disappointed. There just isn’t one.

If you inquire as to where they were on a certain night, why they are texting so-and-so, or any other obvious indicators that something could be happening, and they immediately…

Even when you consider apex positions in glamor industries, a lot of the people there don’t even really love what they do.

See this posh scarf and these sunglasses? They come from the future as well.

Snapchat was totally made for the moments when you do something new with your nails and have to show your friends like, right now right now.

Something awful has happened to teenagers and young adults everywhere.

8. The scent of chlorine never completely leaves your skin.

5. Back when you were young and naïve (that is, seven months ago), you thought that dating someone would make you feel less lonely. Now, you’ve realized that this particular…

2. Good managers would actually be on the floor making drinks with the staff, but bad managers would hide in the back, doing what they do, and not build team…

4. Go for a walk.

Do you dream of a cake that is perfectly layered, that stays moist as hell and provides a satisfying cake-to-frosting ratio with each bite? Of course you do, that is…

Ask anyone who’s ever succeeded: chances are their pasts are swarming with failures. Fail, and fail often. It’s proof that you’re learning.

3. They actually get in the way of you trying to do stuff, like carrying things, sleeping on your tummy and sometimes even in pilates.

What happens when 2-inches of snow fall in the middle of the day in a city with a tragically ineffectual public transit system?

A friend of mine always tells the story of his encounter with Bill Murray. Whilst walking home from a near-by Dominoes pizza back to the house, Bill Murray comes up…