Archive for March, 2010

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Contentment vs Happiness

I had a revelation the other evening about happiness, a topic I’ve thought about a lot since taking a senior seminar with that title my final semester of college. My revelation was on the distinction between contentment and happiness. In my thinking, contentment is about routines that you find gentle pleasure in, whereas happiness is [...]

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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Are Freshmen Grown-ups?

Last night I visited my cousin at college. I’d only interacted with her as a child before this. Therefore, I was excited to finally interact with her as I interact with peers and adults. She’s doing impressive things, and I was full of hope.
While it’s great to see family, and she has significant accomplishments already, [...]

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