What a year. Or speaking for the majority of the entire world, quite the opposite. 2020 has been a circus sideshow of a year, and there… — What a year. Or speaking for the majority of the entire world, quite the opposite. 2020 was a circus sideshow of a year, and now 2021 isn’t shaping up to be much better. Regarding myself, a variety of different emotions has flowed through my body, one of which is anger.

A short story on light and darkness. — I woke up from a nightmare, jolting out of bed with a puddle of sweat surrounding the inner layer of my clothes, as I never slept without putting on multiple articles of clothing. …

Showing the true meaning of ownership through one of our generation’s most acclaimed artists: Frank Ocean. — Born Christopher Edwin Breaux but known by the stage name Frank Ocean, the enigmatic artist has the world wrapped around his finger. When the world is blessed with new music from Ocean, nobody forgets to tune in. He manages to release music with such a puzzling nonchalance that any music…

Things to be grateful for during the holiday season. — Today is Christmas Eve, and for most the holiday season is the most joyous, eventful, and spirited part of the year: a relaxed way to close out each hectic year of our lives. However, many struggle with finding happiness during the holidays, an issue that is more common than you…

Ways to slay that ugly beast we call procrastination. — Nobody is a stranger to putting things off, throwing tasks to the side for a future self to deal with. Procrastination doesn’t bring about any positivity in our lives, so why do we let it run rampant? …

Negativity reigns superior on social media: Or does it? — This past week at school, I’ve sat through all my classes starting off with a conversation about incidents in the bathrooms revolving around this “trend” where students steal, vandalize, and hit “licks” on school property. Hearing the disappointment in my teachers’ voices when they had to reveal to each class…

Six different easy ways to make money online in 2021. — If you’re like me, a large majority of the day is spent thinking about money. All things money. How much I have to spend on gas to get to school for the next week, or what my next paycheck is going to look like. Thinking about where the next dollar…

Discussing Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s new super-group: Silk Sonic. — I’ve heard mystical stories about what life was like back in the 1970s. I’ve heard stories about how women, African Americans, and the LGBTQ+ were in their own respective fights for equality, sometimes with the groups overlapping into each other. …

It gave me purpose again! — For the longest time, I didn’t know what to do. As I got up each morning struggling to get out of the bed, I fought with the thought of who I really was. What my identity and reputation was in the eyes of others, what kind of weight my name…