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Where Does Your Spark Go When It Fades?
It’s been five months since I walked across that stage and accepted my two-hundred-thousand-dollar piece of paper, the one that was...
emilymcgovern21
Oct 92 min read
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Anything Could Happen in Paris
The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 trailer for the final three episodes just dropped, and I swear my life has been completely taken...
emilymcgovern21
Aug 292 min read
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But Will the Sun Come Out Tomorrow?
I rewatched Annie (2014 version to be exact) with my best friend Amy, and it reminded me why this movie will always be one of my...
emilymcgovern21
Aug 192 min read
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Learning to Live in the In-Between
I always knew the first few months after graduation wouldn’t be easy. People always warned you that this chapter would be awkward and...
emilymcgovern21
Jul 142 min read
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Everyone Has a Tiffany’s
We all have a Tiffany’s. It’s not always a Fifth Avenue storefront or a little blue box. Sometimes it’s the coffee shop where nobody...
emilymcgovern21
Jun 292 min read
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I Went to See Barbie. I Left Seeing Myself.
Barbie  was much more than a film. It was a reckoning. It was pink and glossy and glittering on the outside, but underneath, it was full...
emilymcgovern21
Jun 222 min read
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Finding Peace in a Body That Paused
Loving your body when it’s thriving is one thing. Loving it when it’s still; when it’s healing is something entirely different. Like many...
emilymcgovern21
Jun 172 min read
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I Was Emotionally Catfished by a Tap Dance Under the Stars
The first time I watched La La Land , I felt like I had been emotionally catfished with a warning label. My best friend Amy had been...
emilymcgovern21
Apr 192 min read
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97 Days
For 97 days, I committed every ounce of my being to something that once felt impossible, eating disorder recovery. I showed up, even when...
emilymcgovern21
Apr 22 min read
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Embracing Cinema: A Children's Movie that Leaves Adults Reaching for Tissues
I recently rewatched the Pixar movie Soul and, once again, found myself marveling at Pixar's knack for creating movies that target kids...
emilymcgovern21
Jul 7, 20243 min read
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Embracing Cinema: How Spiderman No Way Home Changed My Life (From Someone Who Had Never Seen a Marvel Movie)
It’s fall of 2021, my first semester of college—a journey, to say the least. I was a severely depressed burnt out college student...
emilymcgovern21
Jul 4, 20245 min read
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authenticity
Learning how to embrace your authentic self in every environment Something I have always struggled with regarding my anxiety is the fear...
emilymcgovern21
Jul 1, 20243 min read
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perspective
Shifting your perspective has the ability to change EVERYTHING. I truly lived my life with the lens of a pessimist for years. I was so...
emilymcgovern21
Apr 12, 20244 min read
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be where your feet are.
If you were to have asked me three months ago where I would be on this exact day, I probably would have said something along the lines of...
emilymcgovern21
Mar 16, 20243 min read
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the "T" word.
Those few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are no fun for any college student. Take a normal stressed-out college student...
emilymcgovern21
Dec 20, 20236 min read
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November Mind Dump🩵
November has easily been the best month of my semester. The initial chaos of the first two months, where I felt like a madwoman juggling...
emilymcgovern21
Dec 2, 20233 min read
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September + October Mind Dump🦋
CHANGE IS GOOD. NEW BEGINNINGS ARE GOOD. The only way I can describe this semester - more specifically September + October is that it has...
emilymcgovern21
Oct 29, 20236 min read
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August Mind Dump🦋
Here is my extremely belated August recap. August was a magical month so I’m still reminiscing and watching my videos on the daily. One...
emilymcgovern21
Sep 16, 20232 min read
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