As the final Thanksgiving scraps get eaten and the snow begins to pile up, we officially enter the holiday season of Christmas, Hanukkah, and the countless other December holidays.  To commemorate...

The other day as I was scrolling through the endless apps on my phone, it hit me. I'm logged into more subscription services than I can even remember using. I’m on my family's shared accounts like Netflix,...

When I was younger, the mall was one of my favorite places to go to.  I loved how I could just spend my time there without an exact goal, simply existing there with my friends. When I went back last...

Sitting on my grandpa’s lap, I read him a story I wrote on my school iPad. It was set in an apocalyptic world with my last savior being a runaway spaceship.  He chuckled, surprised, yet pleased by...

Earlier this week, I opened my front door and walked out to my car to find frost covering my windshield.  The first scrape of the season is always the worst. Just last week I was blasting the air conditioning...

Each second in swimming matters, each pound lifted, each yard trained, and every breath taken. Still after every hard week in the chlorine, I wonder why it matters to me if that hard work isn’t recognized.  Swimming,...

It happens every year, without fail. We often find ourselves picturing our homecoming parties going exactly as planned, but by the time plans are finalized, we realize our beautiful, shiny vision of a...

I sit down at my desk and open my Chromebook to Google Classroom, ready to complete my homework. I tell myself I'll reward my productivity with a quick glance at my phone, but within minutes, I'm sucked...

The best part of coming home from elementary school was the quiet hours spent with my sister, just us and a shared iPad, building Minecraft worlds together.  Nothing else mattered but our little world.  Those...

Growing up in downtown Chicago, sports consisted of five things. The Bears. The Cubs. The Sox. The Bulls. The Hawks. Those five teams were all I ever knew. Those five teams and losing. Even now that...

There are 24 hours in a day. That is 1,440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds to get everything done.  This may seem like a lot of time, but to me, it feels like there is never enough time in my day to get...

The first week of school always seems to follow the same script.  New binders, materials, and a stack of notebooks you just got from Target quickly fill up with detailed notes from a history class,...