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Ho Ho Let’s Go: The Ultimate Dear Santa Mad Lib You Have To Try

Whoever told you that Santa Claus isn’t real, will be receiving coal in their stocking this year! As the harsh, cold winds of college finals blow in along with scattered storms of teetering grades, every college student prepares themselves as if it were the apocalypse. With this being said, everybody has their own way of seeking help but what’s a better way than getting out some colored paper and…

Why You Have The Definition Of Happy All Wrong

Every day I wake up, brush my teeth, wash my face, and get ready and do the same routine all over again. Only six months out of college and I am already questioning everything about the real world and myself. Don’t get me wrong, I love the people I work with, I love my boyfriend, and I am beyond grateful for my family and friends. However, I still feel unsatisfied. When I have a moment alone and…

37 Underrated Reasons You Should Stay Single In Your 20s

Being single in your twenties seems like the end of the world to some people, but I honestly just can’t see why. It feels like we’ve all got a ton of pressure on our shoulders to be with someone, as though we aren’t a whole person without  somebody else there to complete us. But let me tell you something; being single doesn’t make you a bad person, it doesn’t mean you’re not valid and there isn’t…

Title: 7 Things Holding You Back From The Life You Want

Published: October 14, 2015 - Unwritten

Do you remember Miley’s “7 Things”? She wrote the song on the sly about her ex-bae Nick Jonas, but everybody knew exactly who she was talking about. We all have a personal version of that song. More than likely it’s about your ex, but sometimes, it’s about ourselves. There are things that we love about our lives and there are things that we hate. For an inexplicable reason, the things we hate tend to overshadow the things we love and that mindset keeps us tied down to a place we don’t want to be. We all have obstacles that we have to face, but here are 7 things you’ve probably let hold you back in the past and it needs to stop:

At some point, we’ve all declared that “we want more out of life” or that “we want to be better than this”. We all know what it’s like to be stuck in a rut. You aren’t quite sure how to go forward and going backwards is not an option. The sad part is that a lot of us will stay in life limbo. We may try once or twice, but as soon as the struggle gets a little uncomfortable – we pull back and say, “I guess it wasn’t meant to be.”

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