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Goals for 2016: Fitness

Before I explain my fitness goals, I wanted to talk about what I’ve done in the past year.I was never really interested in working out or sports until the end of 2014. I started by doing workout videos I found on YouTube, which were really good. I decided to step it up in 2015 by…

Stress and How to Beat It

Yesterday I finished my last exam for the semester, and I’m so relieved to be free. This year I am very happy about how I managed my exams, so I thought I’d share a few ways I kept myself from feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and generally sad. 1. Be Prepared This is probably the hardest one…

A Break in Barcelona

After a long semester (read more here), I thought it’d be nice to take a break. I made some money from my jobs, and I knew I needed a break before studying for final exams, so I looked for cheap flights. Barcelona fit the bill at the cheapest flight (that didn’t go to Poland), a…

And That’s a Wrap

I haven’t written a blog post in a really long time. I have had an extremely busy and intense semester, which has challenged me a lot. I am so happy to finally be done with it, and I’m really happy about how everything has turned out. I took on a lot of responsibilities this semester….

Taking on a New Language

At the beginning of this year, I was reflecting on where I wanted to go with language learning. I decided I didn’t want to take on any new languages and I wanted to focus on the ones I’ve already started. That’s not at all how this year turned out. At the end of 2014, I…