Freedom from Addiction: The ups and downs of withdrawalAnyone who has consciously gone through withdrawal from a serious addiction would agree that it is extremely difficult and painful, and—if they made it through it—that they are glad to be on the other side. Withdrawal from sex and love addiction may not seem so bad. Indeed, sex and love addiction is sometimes regarded as […] Continue Reading |
Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys: How to clean your apartment, student styleAmong the list of to-dos in a young adult’s life, the most mundane task has to be cleaning their grotesque apartment. If you’re anything like me, this chore always seems to sneak up on your way out the door to ’90s night at Logan’s or Blackout Sundays at the Rooftop. What if you should bring […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Business Study Group club column: Why is importantSamuel Pierpont Langley was the inventor of the first man-carrying airplane capable of sustained flight. You might say, “Wasn’t that the Wright brothers?” Well, you’re not wrong. Read on. Langley was the head of the Smithsonian Institute from 1887 to 1906. He dreamed of making it big like his heroes Edison and Bell, so he […] Continue Reading |
Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys: The funny business of running a businessToday, I’m going to talk about owning a business, which, when exploited properly, can aid and abet the party. For about three years, I ran a business where I built and repaired guitars for hobbyists and performing musicians. It was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Thinking about running your […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Facing death and shattered mental constructsI’ll never forget West Texas. It was there, in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night, where death suddenly entered my life. I felt my then-boyfriend Cody (not his real name) get out of bed quite suddenly, and although it was still dark, my first thought was that he must be […] Continue Reading |
Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys: Drunk on deadlinesYou know, when I got the opportunity to start this column and came up with the idea for Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys, I was over the moon about the thought that any wisdom I’ve accumulated while attempting to walk the tightrope of being a responsible adult and self-assured child with a credit […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Addiction 101Addiction is a strange phenomenon. A person can know to some extent that they are addicted and still find a way to circumvent the problem and continue the behaviour that they know is dysfunctional and harmful without really looking directly at it. It remains just on the periphery of their direct awareness, even though it […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk: Promise to keep the conversation going, okay?It’s shocking to think that 18 months ago, I wrote my first Let’s Talk? column. In some ways it seems like yesterday; in others, it seems like it’s been a lifetime. From Women’s Day to fuckboys, from consent to baking for firemen, from Alabama to questioning the validity of Ross and Rachel, Let’s Talk? has […] Continue Reading |
Health with Tess: Time management for your healthIf I have freshly relearned anything during my time at Camosun, it’s the unshakeable value of time management. It’s one of those lessons I’ve had to keep learning over the years, utilizing strong time-management skills while busy and throwing everything to the wind when my to-do list shrinks. Like most students, I work a lot […] Continue Reading |
First Things First: Keeping the positive attitudeWhen I first had the idea for this column, it was out of pure adrenaline. I think that’s how I made most of my decisions in my first year. I followed through with a lot of my first instincts—sometimes it worked out, sometimes it didn’t. That first-day-of-school anxiety was nothing new to me. The transition […] Continue Reading |
