Kelsey Olesen
Struggles with Creativity
This is what it feels like to not be able to be creative. To write. Or draw. Or paint. Or sometimes even engage with the world…
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By Kelsey Olesen
- May 27, 2020
- 9 min
How to Be Productive
The thing to know about Productivity is that it will always be faced by Resistance. By "the Fear" of success, by impostor syndrome, by...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jun 7, 2019
- 4 min
Save the World: Recommend Books!
We don't need to be the heroes out to save the world to make a difference in it. There's no dragon to fight in a battle you make up
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Kelsey Olesen
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2 min
Favoritism is a Slippery Slope
When you tell someone that you like to read (as all writers should, and usually do), their first response is usually somewhere along the...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Feb 16, 2018
- 5 min
The Unexpected Problem of Student Loans, PART 2
What is the goal of college? Is it to create well-rounded, thoughtful adults? To teach youthful teenagers the responsibilities and sorrows o
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Kelsey Olesen
- Sep 29, 2017
- 13 min
How to Change Your Life in 5 Key Areas
In the last few years, I have made many huge changes in my life. Some of them were difficult, but some we far worse agonizing over the...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Jul 21, 2017
- 3 min
The Fear of Being Average
Growing up, you are constantly told how special you are, how you can do anything, be anything, and possibly touch the moon if you jump...
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Kelsey Olesen
- Mar 3, 2017
- 5 min
Yoda is a Jerk, and Samuel Beckett Would Agree
In addition to being a writer and aspiring professor, I am a "yogi," doing yoga for approximately twelve years, and five of those with a...
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