Tag: Angst

• Please don’t kill my vibe

  *Cues Bryson Tiller, “Aye, I’m back and I’m better,”  Ok, don’t.  Recap: Last post, existential crisis, meets irrational violence, meets internalized misogyny, meets mumble rap, meets my ears and I’m wondering why I like trap music so much. So I reflected, I asked my friends and family to weigh-in and I’m ready to share! “So can…

  Kalen Nicole

  January 31, 2019

  Art, Assimilation, Growing Up, Young Adult

  Angst, communication, Community, conversation, culture, Experience, Family, Feminism, Friends, Friendship, J.Cole, Kendrick, Learning, Life, Lyrics, Meaning, Migos, music, Others, Philosophy, pictures, Psychology, Purpose, Rap, relationships, Self, Trap, Understanding, United States, Writing

• If a millennial “lols” and no one is around to hear it, was there really laughter?

  

  I’ve been spending more time reflecting, learning, observing and questions all I’ve grown accustomed to regarding society, interpersonal relationships and capitalism/ our socialized duty to ensure all our behaviors work to maintain our consumerist society… Meanwhile, I’ve also noticed my aptitude to “lol” after opening a DM on Twitter with some pic, story or comment…

  Kalen Nicole

  September 10, 2018

  Assimilation, Growing Up, Young Adult

  Angst, communication, Community, conversation, culture, Experience, Family, Friends, Friendship, group chat, Home, Learning, lol, looking glass self, Love, metacognition, Others, Philosophy, Purpose, relationships, Self, Self-Expression, Self-Reflection, socia media, Spirituality, technology, twitter, Understanding, United States, What I Learn While I’m Learning

• The Road Not Taken

  

  It is safe to surround oneself in the familiar. To eat the same food, hangout with the same friends, speak only one language and develop a life full of predictability. Predictability creates consistency and reduces discomfort and potential for failure. But predictability robs my of contentment, fulfillment, wonder and sense of accomplishment. I like changing…

  Kalen Nicole

  June 27, 2017

  Growing Up, Young Adult

  Angst, communication, conversation, education, Experience, Faith, identity, Leadership, perspective, Philosophy, reflection, Robert Frost, Spirituality, Time, travel, Youth