Dear Adds: Advice From Your Big Sister

Room-hates

The second episode of Dear Adds is all about roommates, or in this case it's “Room-hates.” Hating roommates.. It's an inevitable event. Joining Lauren today is her old roommate, Emily.  Come relive Emily and Lauren’s past few years where they encountered some rough living situations. Messy roommates, inconsiderate roommates, Lauren and Emily have gone through the ringer. Unfortunately, living with others is a college experience and it can be super fun and great or it could be so frustrating. Are Lauren and Emily the problem? Nah, they could never! Just kidding. But in all seriousness, living with others is definitely a learning curve where sometimes you just need to learn from experience. Lauren and Emily might have been a little shady during this episode so it is definitely something you don’t want to miss. Lauren discusses roommates from both her old school AND current school, going over regrets and mistakes to avoid. Emily talks about the trash troubles and the time she clogged her garbage disposal. Bonded by roommate trauma and their friendship, Lauren and Emily found similarities in their experience with their first roommates and have tips on what people coming into college should expect and what to avoid doing. From moving from home to dorms, apartments, and houses, there is definitely a learning curve and setting expectations is an absolute must! Having the roommate experiences they’ve had, Lauren and Emily hope that listeners will be able to take something away from this episode.

Moving On

In our first episode of ‘Dear Adds’ our first topic is about transitioning and letting go to move on. Letting go throughout your life is an inevitable challenge that everyone will have to face in multiple ways. In this case, Lauren Oh, a senior at Chapman University, about to graduate with a Bachelors in Psychology while minoring in dance and creative and cultural industries, talks about letting go of a hobby and is soon facing letting go of college. Growing up with a sport, Lauren and Darcy Denneen, a University of York Graduate student who achieved her bachelors in psychology at Chapman last year, had a majority of their lives connected to it, and still are today. They changed from being dance majors hoping for a career into psychology majors and dealt with the residual feelings of loss. These best friends give their insight on their journey and the jealousy that they feel today. Darcy and Lauren talk about how they struggled with being a dancer in college and had to make a decision to save them to keep dancing as a passion in their lives. Additionally, Darcy graduated one year before Lauren so, before Lauren embarked into the real post-grad  world, she asked Darcy about how she felt about being gone from university. After Lauren is done talking to Darcy, she gives her personal insight into how to let go and ease transitions throughout your life. Acknowledging that people cope and adjust in different ways, Lauren hopes that her advice will resonate with you.