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At the time, I never understood what my mother meant when she said that to me but now, a little older and wiser, I can relate. Sometimes things are done to us for the sake of our own wellbeing and now I think I need to take the initiative to do something for myself. In the past few weeks I have imposed limits to check my obsessive behavior...

So I succeeded in my attempt to refrain from constantly checking my applications status, with the exception of one moment of forgetful panic that led me to log in to my UT app (I thought I forgot to mail a doc but it seems all is well). When the time came on Sunday for me to check freely I logged into two apps, one showing no change since the day...

Now that waiting season is officially in swing I have come up with a few ways to keep myself distracted. Some of you are still in school and occupied with finishing up your degrees before taking on the next one. I finished school back in August and then left to accompany my boyfriend who received a grant to do research in Cambodia. For the first...