Wellbeing

Last week, when I was walking to class, it was 60 degrees and sunny. Someone played piano from a porch in the distance, and I felt the warmth from the morning light on my face. 

Sometimes I think there are worms in my eyes.

Bailey Middleton, fellow Iris writer and fourth-year at UVA, knows a thing or two (or six) about staying calm in the midst of chaos.

Instead of the question-and-answer format I had originally planned for, here is a cheat sheet for anyone who wants to learn a few of Carley’s keys to life.

Sometimes life can move so fast that it passes you by.

To keep myself (and others who feel the same) sane, I’m proposing six steps to keep us grounded as we ease into what comes next.

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.

I was once one of those silly, “why go on a walk when you can go on a run” people. One of those, “shut up about your hot-girl walks” people

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

Right now, you’re lying awake in some strange AirBnb in what feels like the middle of nowhere Vermont.