Many people jump into relationships thinking about the outcomes, not the work it will take to get there.

Sometimes it takes courage to be silent and walk away. Sometimes it takes courage to speak up.

Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.

I have no friends. A statement thought by almost everyone after they graduate from college at least once… or, let’s be serious, at least once a week. In college, the…

In your most beautiful moments, in between the minutes of dawn, when the sun rises over you and illuminates the curves of your skin in soft gold hues and glimmers.

Decked out in graphic T-shirts from Abercrombie with roll-on-glitter covering my eyelids and a big smile sporting a whole lot of colorful metal, I thought I was hot shit. Now,…

28. For people who don’t like you

Only bad people live to see their likeness set in stone What does that make me?

I put together the essential Christmas movie watch list, giving you two movies per day to watch with friends or family. There are some that you may not even realize…

At the time I knew that his behavior was weird and not to go with him but I didn’t fully grasp the danger enough to be all that frightened. It…

Now we have jobs, and bills, and real responsibilities that make all of that feel like some kind of fever dream.

JUST LOVE EVERYONE. ALL THE TIME. FOR NO REASON. FOR EVERY REASON.

Stupid email addresses. Seriously people…

An hour later, I received a follow-up email. “It’s 8:15 where you are. You have until 8:37 to reply. Then I start the distribution.”

This is a reminder to try to see yourself through the eyes of a person who loves you today.

In the mind of a writer, your story has not finished. We blame movies. We blame stories. We blame tales that our parents would tell us as we dozed off…

Not just any boyfriend, Santa. I want a boyfriend who will drive me 15 miles to a specific grocery store so I can buy my favorite brand of white cheddar…

Learn to accept the presence of tiny, gross face hairs sprinkled around your bathroom sink and counter. The boyfriend is offering them as a gift.

“You must be a liberal.”

25. The Pez Dispenser

While they have a diverse range of interests, not one of their activities includes licking their hair off and vomiting small piles of fiber around your house.

Keep water near at all times. Girlfriends are always feeling dehydrated.

When I started traveling, my dad asked what I’m running away from. My mother constantly wants to know when I will “settle down” and join the “real world”.

Most employees made their real income by stealing items and re-selling them on eBay. Some stole for personal use, usually the younger employees who were just there as a student…

Moving around the world teaches you many things. It isn’t for everyone. It takes a special type of person to be able to do what we do.

“Fights” are more like “intense discussions.”

6. Hey! This one’s funny! Mostly because if you look away or close your eyes, you’ll still see it in your nightmares! HEHE!

1. He hangs quick lefts.

You’re already charging us $4 for a latte. You’re charging us for internet access too?? BLASPHEMY.

By the time we were in high school, the Internet wasn’t new anymore. However, it was still growing extremely fast and our parents had absolutely no idea how to handle…

When I worked at Sam’s Club, during the madness one black Friday morning, we caught a woman stuffing the inside of her pants with frozen lobster tail. She would unpack…

He is desensitized to face-to-face interactions.

Yes, over time you might come to understand the nature of the world as cruel and apathetic to you, to human beings—and this is undoubtedly a painful and terribly hard…

“We spelled love, g-i-v-e, I never wanted to hide my body from him – if I could have I would have given it all away with the rest of me…

I could write a thesis on binge watching but that’s boring and I’m not going to do that. What I am going to do is give you some of my…

I caught my ex hyperventilating into a pair of my soiled boxer briefs when she thought she was alone.

1. Your Dreams

Primrose Everdeen: Since the last games, something is different. I can see it. Katniss Everdeen: What can you see? Primrose Everdeen: Hope. You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes…

Live in a city where the unsaid motto reads, “you don’t work, you don’t eat,” and then back yourself into that corner.

A relative of mine is a nurse. One day she was doing a pelvic exam on a morbidly obese woman. She lifted up one of the lady’s fat rolls for…

You just have to take a great leap of faith and trust that it will.

Getting over an ex can really drive you crazy.

Get used to your hair texture. You really can’t change it, and chances are someone out there is super jealous of it.

The patron then began ranting about customer service, human decency, and how it was impossible to find a good cup of coffee anymore. She then stormed out, leaving her “awful”…

You have a sneaking suspicion that one of the biggest reasons they’re still dating you is because they aren’t ready to part ways with your pet.

Within my fingertips, I hold the power to instantly make anyone feel anxiety.

7. Have something going on your television that would be on even if you weren’t drinking.

A lot of people around the world have ideas of what America is like, possibly thanks to Hollywood, or their local news channels, and maybe from what they’ve heard from…

Most everyone dreams each and every night, it’s just that often we don’t recognize we’re dreaming and we don’t register it as anything important.

Eating your veggies first, then the rest of the things on your plate (so you’ll be less hungry for buttery mashed potatoes or BBQ pork).