“I am embarking on a journey around the world. I want to explore the globe and put meaning to names on the map. Wake up in a different country every week and explore with my own two feet. Make the world my classroom and its people my teachers. Get lost in foreign countries and find … Continue reading A Traveler’s Manifesto
Author: Jordyn Lindeman
A college student from a small town in Indiana currently traveling the globe while surviving solely on peanut butter and jelly and good coffee.
My Own May Flowers
“May you never be afraid to go out into the deep, for it is here you will grow beyond what you see.” -- Morgan Harper Nichols I fell in love with quotes at a very young age. I never got into young children series, but instead went straight into F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stephen King and … Continue reading My Own May Flowers
5 Things That Are Hard To Accept
I was asked a couple weeks ago why I haven’t written or posted a blog in months, and as I sat back and thought about that question, I knew it was because I am inspired by nothing around me anymore. I have either lost the things that inspired me so deeply or I have become … Continue reading 5 Things That Are Hard To Accept
Sophomore Year: Midlife Crisis
There has been a point in every college student’s life where they have been cramming for a midterm at one o’clock in the morning, drinking their eighth cup of coffee of the day and repeatedly FaceTiming their mom asking themselves, “What am I even doing in my life, and why on Earth am I in … Continue reading Sophomore Year: Midlife Crisis
Starting Somewhere
Since the beginning of high school I have been the type of person who organizes my day, hour by hour, in my cell phone calendar, written in a planner and memorized in my head. Now, do I usually follow through with my specific every day plan? No because although I am extremely organized, I also … Continue reading Starting Somewhere
The Freshman 15
As defined in the honorary Urban Dictionary, the Freshman 15 is “when a first year college student (usually a female) eats a ton, and proceeds to sit on her ass and gain fifteen pounds.” I actually laughed out loud at this, not only because of the straightforward, awful description this man-child gave to a term … Continue reading The Freshman 15
The End of Something Great
Exactly 252 days ago, I walked onto Bordner 300 and into 312 for the first time. I knew no one, not even my roommate, and to be honest, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had spent my first day of college moving my whole life in boxes up three flights … Continue reading The End of Something Great
