Archives - Enana Jacob
age of technology
Technology, humanity, and the death of death
I have long felt that the most human phrase of all time is a simple and short one: “I was here.”
art
Don’t make art because you’re an artist; make art because you’re a human
We don’t participate in art to make something good — we participate in art to make something human.
academics
I’m a fraud, you’re a fraud, we’re all frauds!
Imposter syndrome is the college plague. Why is it so hard to feel like we’re in the right place, and that we deserve to be where we are?
love
Love is a thing that grows
I didn’t choose piano; for a while, it was more of a nuisance than a hobby. But somehow, sometime, love grew.
optimism
Optimism in the face of, well, everything
Hope is gritty, tough, and sharp. It is found deep beneath the surface, and sometimes it’s found at your local summer camp.
expression
Let go of the guilt in guilty pleasures
Wear pink until your skin is stained with it, do your makeup for three hours every morning if you enjoy it, dance your damn heart out to Big Time Rush, or BTS, or whatever makes you happy.
convenience
UR dining is the epitome of convenience and class
The dining system here at UR is near-perfect.
anxiety
Nature versus nurture: Will it be like this forever?
I lived my life between exams, pausing everything in my life for tests. I’d have to learn to deal with it. And deal with it I did — but at a consistent cost to my sanity.
communication
Take control of your inbox (and your life)
When it’s your digital sanity on the line, that effort is certainly worth it.
college
What I’ve lost and what I’ve become
If you could visit your first-year self — whether that was a few months ago, or a few years — would you recognize each other?
