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Category: Growing Pains

Dear Me (Five-ish Months Ago)
July 27, 2018 by Katlyn Lindstrom

Dear Me (Five-ish Months Ago)

Hey there. I know things are pretty rough right now. You’re probably sorting through kitchen utensils and packing boxes and putting off the bedroom until it’s totally unavoidable. You’re taking down the welcome sign on the front door (which has both of your names on it) and reflecting…

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Dear Me (Five-ish Months Ago)
Adjusting Your Expectations
July 13, 2018 by Katlyn Lindstrom

Adjusting Your Expectations

A couple of weeks ago, my best friend and I started to read through the “novel” I wrote during my 8th and 9th grade years in school. It opens on the protagonist, a girl on her first day of high school, and says something akin to, “Four years from this…

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Adjusting Your Expectations
October 26, 2017 by Katlyn Lindstrom

I am Strong. I am Capable. I am Enough.

My last couple of posts have been… let’s say “intense.” I’ve been dealing with a lot of heaviness (both internal and external) that has made simply existing difficult, never mind excelling. It’s been a challenge just to survive my circumstances and get myself to the next minute, next hour, next…

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Posted in Growing Pains, Mental Health Chats
July 27, 2017 by Katlyn Lindstrom

23 is Hard: The Shamrock on the Office Ledge

Most English-speakers are familiar with the canary in the coal mine idiom, based on a practice that (up until very recently) helped alert miners to danger so they could have time to escape. The idea is that the canary will die before toxic gases like carbon monoxide can…

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July 20, 2017 by Katlyn Lindstrom

23 is Hard: The Long Arc

Training for a half marathon is generally one of two options for me: the most empowering thing I’m doing…

…or the most disheartening.

Last weekend, I upped my distance to 9 miles. My run on Saturday was phenomenal. I ran all 9 miles without stopping for…

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July 6, 2017 by Katlyn Lindstrom

23 is Hard: On Adult Friendships

My best friend and I have known each other for about ten years now. We met like most middle schoolers do – shared classes and a shared group of friends. We were both part of the middle school orchestra (and both in the back of the second violins….), which is…

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June 15, 2017 by Katlyn Lindstrom

Adventures in Cohabitating: Learning to Appreciate “Me Time”

It’s been an obscene amount of time since I’ve written (again), but I promise that will be changing (I mean it this time. Read on!). Here are some of the big things that have happened since the last time we chatted:

  • March 20: my paternal
  • …

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Posted in Fun Stuff, Growing Pains
March 13, 2017 by Katlyn Lindstrom

Life Happens

So, I haven’t blogged in an obscene amount of time. It was one of those things where I got behind on my blogging schedule, and then I thought about having to do a longer update on why I hadn’t blogged in so long, and then it was another month later…

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Posted in Am Professional, Growing Pains, Mental Health Chats
February 27, 2016 by Katlyn Lindstrom

Remembering the “Life” Variable

I’ve always struggled with work/school/life balance. As in, most of the time the “life” part is generally the first thing to fall off when there are too many variables to balance the equation. That’s part of the reason why I haven’t blogged in over a month– because so many of…

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January 9, 2016 by Katlyn Lindstrom

Why

At the end of this month, I’ll find out if I’m a finalist for the Fulbright US Student Program, which is a grant program that awards funding over one year for students to pursue graduate studies, independent research, or teach English abroad. I submitted my application…

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#BlackLivesMatter: Some ways to learn more about systemic racism and to support those on the front lines for change.

June 2, 2020

I’ve thought a lot about how and what to say about George Floyd’s brutal and unnecessary murder in Minnesota, and the subsequent protests that have erupted across the country. The pain felt across our nation is not mine — I will never know what it feels like to worry for...

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I was assaulted on a run.

October 30, 2019

In July, I was assaulted from behind at around 6:00 a.m. while on a run in my parents’ neighborhood. The usual path I had been running that summer was in a somewhat isolated park with lots of trees and no lighting. Because my parents live less than a mile from...

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The Healing Power of Strong Shoulders

June 3, 2019

When I was growing up, I was really self-conscious of my shoulders. I hated how “imbalanced” my body felt with such broad shoulders and such skinny hips, and I vehemently avoided anything like cap sleeves that accentuated shoulders. I remember a time in middle school when my mother told me...

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