Wander the world. Make it lovely. Leave something behind.
Dear present me, I know it feels like the walls are caving in on you. You have bad day after bad day after bad day. You’re exhausted all the time and you feel like your friends are getting bored of you. You’ve been on dates with boys and girls alike, but nothing ever happens because […]
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“You cheeky little monkeh,” my free-spirited British cousin would always say. She has only been here, in Melbourne, Australia, for three days to attend a family wedding, and every member of our family has somewhere to take her. We took her to one of Melbourne’s greatest tourist attractions, the Great Ocean Road. The car was […]
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February 28, 2018 Dear Future Me, Times will change. Right now, I am in the calm before the storm. Along with times changing, relationships (with friends, parents, and siblings), the structure of my life, and the way I view things will change too. Somethings, though, must stay the same. Stay optimistic. Life is not going […]
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Hi Margaret, the insecure version of my present. I can feel what is seeping through your bones right now. I know how hard you try to seize your tears when the worst thing hits you like a bullet shot your heart. I even saw how your face reddened while clutching your jaws tight to keep […]
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The Friday before my 17th birthday, my grandparents came to visit. They only stayed a few hours, most of which I was at school, but they wished me happy birthday and gave me a check for $25. That evening, with cash to burn, I headed downtown. Little did I know when I parked my yellow […]
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Tiffany Pham, the creator of Mogul, brings girls a book that shares about Pham’s story and success but also includes productive ways that they too can succeed in the business world. Suited to female readers, Girl Mogul guides women as they enter the difficult world; it gives tangible methods of how to bring their own […]
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I took this on top of Mount Sugarloaf, Newcastle, Australia. I climbed this mountain (when I say climb, I mean we drove and walked up some steps. It was not a very aggressive climb) with my sister and her boyfriend, so it wasn’t exactly a place I made my own kind of special. There was, […]
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Querida Ashamed Future Me, I hope you know that you’re not the only one making mistakes. Every piece of guilt you feel—for being absent in a relationship, for forgetting a promise you made, for shouting at someone you care about in anger—you must remember everyone is making those same mistakes. It’s important that you feel […]
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