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Yasmin Teixeira is a Life columnist for The Cavalier Daily.
Life

A not so restful spring break

By Yasmin Teixeira | March 22, 2022

With the summer approaching, I encourage students to find time to rest in the midst of summer classes, jobs and internships — and become comfortable with not being productive all the time. We all deserve it. 

Creating playlists has become a particularly gratifying hobby of mine, as well as collecting vinyl records of my favorite albums from a range of artists. I view both as a form of curating the personal archive of music that I’m currently attuned to.
Life

Music and its power in my life

By Ella Powell | March 22, 2022

Whether I’m at a concert or listening to music in the shower, I find solace through a song as it plays and metaphysically takes me back to some setting of my past.

 With a smaller meal plan than the unlimited plan first years use, I was thrown into the challenge of figuring out where to buy groceries 
Life

Learning from my groceries

By Caitlyn Kelley | March 6, 2022

Whether it meant financial sacrifice or sacrificing my time, I made sure to choose grocery stores based on my needs at the moment, not on any expectations I had for myself. 

Typically, I would find myself reading right before bed or during breaks from doing homework.  
Life

My 2021 in 119 books

By Zoya Zahid | February 11, 2022

In 2021, I actively made it an effort to read daily and that meant I could even read for as little as 15 minutes some days. 

Life

Thrifting as a lifestyle

By Ella Powell | January 19, 2022

I look to inspire others to find their niche method of practicing good ethics in fashion and discover a greater sense of self expression through this approach, as well.

Stereotypical New Year’s resolutions such as working out more, being more grateful or spending less time on social media, feel too broad or impersonal to be practical. 
Life

The Myth of the New Year

By Caitlyn Kelley | January 19, 2022

I have come to understand that the reason New Year’s resolutions were so daunting, and perhaps so apt to fail, is that they are a universal concept attempting to fill the role of a very personal task.

Determined to take advantage of the spooky spirit even in my down time, I decided that Halloween weekend 2021 would be my first time watching a horror movie.
Life

Horror, in real life

By Caitlyn Kelley | November 16, 2021

Just as "The Shining" confuses the boundaries of reality in the Overlook, it prompted me, as well, to ask myself if the plot of the movie was truly fictional, or based in real truths.  

You are not alone in experiencing insurmountable stress caused by school nor are you alone in the fight to combat that stress. 
Life

Making it through the mid-semester slump

By Zoya Zahid | November 9, 2021

It is easy to feel defeated from the “mid-semester slump”. However, you are more than capable of refocusing as well as recentering in order to combat this slump and achieve your goals from the start of the semester. 

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