“I thought I was dying. Turns out I was just carrying anxiety in my body like it was my full-time job.” Let me tell you something, sis. The first time I had a full-blown anxiety attack, I was sitting in the middle of a lecture hall sophomore year, and I genuinely thought my heart was going to punch its way out of my chest. I literally googled “heart attack symptoms at 20” and convinced myself I needed to call 911. Spoiler alert: it
“The friends who saw you through your awkward phase are the ones who will remind you who you really are when you forget.” Let’s be real for a second, sis. You’ve been thinking about it for weeks. Maybe months. That friend from high school who you swore you’d never lose touch with. The one who knew your first crush before you even admitted it to yourself. The one who sat with you in the cafeteria when you had nowhere else to go. And
“Not every friend is meant to walk the whole road with you. Some are only meant to carry you through one chapter — and that is more than enough.” Girl, let me tell you something I wish someone had sat me down and said when I was 19 and sobbing over a friendship breakup that felt like a divorce. Your friendships are not supposed to all look the same, last the same amount of time, or serve the same purpose. And honestly? The
“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. It comes from the people you trusted the most.” Listen, sis. I need to talk to you about something that literally kept me up at night during my sophomore year of college — and I know you have felt it too. That knot in your stomach when your phone buzzes and you see her name pop up. That quiet voice in your head that whispers, wait, is this actually a
“You can be the best friend in the world and still have boundaries. Actually, that’s the only way you stay a good friend.” Let’s be real for a second, sis. You’ve been the friend who shows up at 2 AM, the one who remembers everyone’s birthday, the one who listens to the same breakup story for the fifth time without rolling your eyes. But somewhere along the way, you started losing pieces of yourself in every friendship you gave your energy to. I
“The people who are meant to be in your life will not make you feel like you have to beg for a seat at their table.” Listen, sis. Let’s talk about something nobody warned you about: your friendships are going to change. And honestly? That is not a bad thing. You are probably scrolling through your camera roll right now and noticing something. That group chat that used to blow up 500 times a day? Quiet. The friend you used to call about
“I thought losing a boyfriend was the worst pain I’d ever feel. Then my best friend of six years stopped talking to me over a text message. That silence? It broke me in ways he never could.” Let’s be real for a second, sis. You have probably gone through a friendship breakup that hit you harder than any romantic breakup ever did. And if you haven’t? You will. Because here is the thing nobody warns you about — the person who knew your
“The loneliness you feel right now isn’t a sign that something is wrong with you. It’s a sign that you’re ready for something deeper.” Okay sis, let’s talk about something nobody warned us about: making friendships as an adult woman. You probably thought by now you’d have that core group from college or your first job, right? The ones you text memes to at 2 AM, the ones who show up with takeout when you’re crying over a situationship. But here you are.
“Sometimes the most loving thing you can do for a friendship is let it go — not because you stopped caring, but because you finally started caring about yourself.” Okay sis, let’s talk about something that literally nobody prepares you for: outgrowing a friendship. You know that weird feeling when you look at someone you’ve known for years and realize… you don’t really recognize who they are anymore? Or worse — you don’t recognize who YOU are when you’re around them? Here’s the
Let me guess — you saw someone pull an oracle cards deck on TikTok and thought “that’s cute but I don’t have time for that” or “isn’t that just overpriced cardstock?” Girl, I get it. Between midterms, your part-time job, that group project where nobody pulls their weight, and trying to figure out if your roommate is actually your friend or just someone who steals your oat milk — who has time for cards? But here is the thing I wish someone told
You are lying in bed at 11:47 PM. You have three tabs open on your phone — one is your tuition bill, one is a text from a situationship you are trying to ignore, and one is TikTok playing a video of someone hitting a singing bowl and you are not sure why but it made you stop scrolling. Girl. I felt that. So let me tell you about the week I finally stopped rolling my eyes at “sound healing” and actually tried
“I thought gratitude journaling was for people who had their life together. Turns out, it’s for people who are trying to get it together.” Sis, I need to be real with you about something. When I first heard about a gratitude journal, I rolled my eyes so hard I almost pulled a muscle. I was 19, drowning in student loans, living with a roommate who left her hair in the shower drain, and working a job I hated. The last thing I wanted
“I started carrying crystals because I needed something real to hold onto when my anxiety told me everything was falling apart. Turns out, the rocks didn’t fix my life — but they did remind me I had the power to fix it myself.” Okay, let’s talk about crystals — because I know you’ve seen them all over your TikTok feed. That girl with the perfect dorm setup has a whole grid of rose quartz and amethyst on her nightstand, and you’re sitting there
“I don’t have time to meditate” is exactly why you need it the most. Let’s be real for a second, sis. When someone says “morning meditation,” your brain probably goes straight to some influencer in a $200 legging set sitting cross-legged on a cliff at sunrise with zero responsibilities. And you’re over here trying to find five minutes to pee alone before your roommate hogs the bathroom. I get it. I really do. When I was in college juggling a part-time job, a
“You don’t need to be a math genius to break into data science. You just need to be curious enough to ask the right questions.” So you’ve heard about data science and you’re wondering if it’s for you. Maybe you saw a TikTok about someone making six figures right out of college, or your advisor mentioned it and you nodded along pretending you knew what it meant. Girl, I got you. Here is the truth nobody tells you about data science: you do