I’m a daydreamer. Whenever I have a spare moment, I imagine all sorts of scenarios in my head. I can daydream anywhere, and at any time. Daydreaming is easy. …. sometimes too easy. I used to catch myself straying from asking the Lord for my daily bread to imagining myself eating bread. In a bakery. In Paris. In the 1800s. […]
As a college student, you probably own some electronic device. Or two. Or three. You may even have gotten into a debate at the dinner table over Apple versus Microsoft. And you’ve probably been tempted to throw your roommate’s phone out of the window after its thirteenth snooze alarm at 6:00 a.m. on a Sunday (even though your roommate doesn’t […]
Even at PCC, it’s easy to forget a blessing like having residence halls. . . to become discontent with where you are and what you have. Maybe you’re feeling that kind of dissatisfaction. Having been a residence hall student myself, I understand that feeling. A good remedy for discontent, I’ve found, is counting your blessings. As a town student now, […]
Living with roommates isn’t easy. It’s one of the first things we discover as college freshmen. Sometimes even before we discover the Sports Center or Varsity chocolate chip cookies. Since coming to PCC, I’ve had eight roommates total. Each one was very different from the other—and all of them were different from me. Different isn’t always a bad thing—in fact, […]
Maybe you’re the one who can make your whole suite roar with laughter—you’re a master storyteller, and you’ve got a myriad of tales to share. Maybe you’re the one your roommates go to when they feel overwhelmed, when they need a shoulder to cry on. Or if you had to compile all of the life hacks you’ve discovered, you’d write […]