I went to an all-girls boarding school in Middlebury, CT for grades 10 -12. It was a unique experience, but it never felt truly strange to me until I started describing my experiences to my friends in college. Here are some interesting facts about the particular school I went to.

See if you can guess the school without looking up the location…

P.S., I really loved this school. It’s just quirky.

1. It’s not a religious school, but we had Chapel every Thursday

Every Thursday, without fail, we would have Chapel. After a couple of classes, you needed to be in the hallway outside the chapel and grab a hymnal from one…

Much like many of you, I have a number of drafts sitting unpublished, having never seen the light of day. I enjoyed writing them, but after taking a few steps back, I realized they weren’t all that good. I don’t think I should publish them, and I don’t think you should, either. Time to clean out that folder. You’re on notice.

If you can see an article isn’t up to your usual standards, your audience will too

I had a life-changing realization that I have aphantasia. I wrote a Reddit post about it at 4:30 AM on a weekday and it went semi-viral. …

I don’t care what anyone else tells you. There is no editing barrier to entry to write online. Take it from someone earning four figures from freelance writing while using the free version of Grammarly. Writing doesn’t have to be difficult. It’s completely up to you how stressful it is and how much of your inner perfectionist comes out.

Paid writing tools aren’t worth the money

I have Grammarly and it’s great. I don’t see any reason to upgrade to the paid version of their app if their free version suits me. I’m sure I’ll have some sort of error in this article that slips by and…

I originally started writing on this platform in order to pay for my $5/month subscription. I enjoyed reading the personal finance articles and thought I could contribute to the conversation in a valuable way.

Nearly six months later and I’m on track to hit $100/month in earnings. I would credit these earnings not only to writing about finance but also to writing about writing.

I want to give other writers the tools to succeed and earn money from their writing. Hopefully, we all earn what we’re worth in the future. Here’s why I enjoy writing for writers.

By writing for other writers, you are helping them succeed

The reason I…

As a freelance writer, I find that my contract work distracts me from my long-term freelancing goals, and I think that is typical for other freelancers as well. Considering your contracts won’t be around forever, it’s important to focus on your growth outside the contracts. I will be focusing this article specifically on how to do that.

After graduating in May 2020, I was a COVID-19 contact tracer for a short while before becoming a freelance writer. I write articles for multiple websites, one of which I write for as a contractor. In my spare time, I am working on…

Many people don’t know how, or when, to start asking for what they are worth. This debacle is usually seen in quarterly reviews when people think they deserve a raise but are too nervous to ask for one. However, today I want to talk about how to know when it’s time to monetize your writing.

Whether you write full-time as a freelancer like me or do it as a fun side hustle, there is money to be made. Here are five simple ways to monetize your writing. Simple means most of us know about these tips, but few actually utilize…

I graduated from my university in May 2020. The ceremony, or lack thereof, was on Zoom, and my parents and I cheered as my friends’ names and mine inched across the screen. After the moment passed, worry set in. I was anxious about job prospects, not only because of the pandemic unemployment rate but also because I didn’t want to work a job I didn’t like.

I was glad I could count on my internship.

Having an internship after graduating has a bad rap, but it’s undeserved. I advise you to keep your internship if it’s something you enjoy and…

I had always thought the article in question was special, but it never occurred to me that it was a viral article until someone on Facebook told me it was “an evergreen viral”.