Grace Traxler

A girl in a blue shirt in a restaurant.
Author

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Grace Traxler is a 3rd year double majoring in English and Environmental Thought & Practice. In addition to Iris, she also writes for the Cavalier Daily Arts & Entertainment desk and enjoys singing with the Virginia Women’s Chorus. In her free time, you can probably find her picking up a Roots salad, reading in the UVA gardens, or going for a run.

a coral-colored figure hugs close a pink colored figure in the woods, with golden light shining through the trees

Guys, Not Everything Is Self-Care

Your money won’t just buy you happiness. No, what we have today is a moral justification– a societal calling to spend money in order to better ourselves.

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interlocking tan curves on an orange background

good things — a list

good thing I know how to be alone
so many people don’t 

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figure in snow

Stuck in Colder Weather

I have always loved winter.

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A library with shades of green, blue and red

The Library

18 year olds everywhere, in every decade, all the same. 

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A girl running

Run With Me Through College

Pulling specific dates and times from my oft-used MapMyRun running app, I rework the statistics collected under “further data” into my own interpretation of the important info: how I felt, where I am in my life now, and where I’m trying to go.

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