The moment my life started to not feel boring was when I started pretending it wasn’t.  I know that comparison may be seen as the thief of joy, but while scrolling through Pinterest one night, something just clicked.  I was looking at all these seemingly perfect pictures and I caught myself thinking, “Why doesn’t my life look like that?” Then, I realized I had been sitting around waiting for something exciting to happen when maybe I just needed to start seeing my own life like it already was...

At 12 years old, Ella Ferris knew there was something wrong. While watching TV, she would have to close one eye just to get the double vision to subside, but the migraines and dizziness persisted. Ferris visited multiple doctors to determine the cause of the issue but was left with zero answers.   What once seemed like a far-off reality, Ella Ferris stands on the University of Kentucky's campus, cancer-free on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Lexington, KY. Photo by Christian Kantosky. “Doctors...

Our generation has mastered the art of overbooking ourselves.  We fill our calendars with work, classes, plans and side projects until there’s barely room to breathe.  I catch myself doing it all the time, saying yes to things I don’t actually have time for, just because I don’t want to disappoint anyone or miss out. It’s almost like being busy has become a default setting and slowing down feels like breaking some unspoken rule.  Saying no sounds simple, but for a lot of us, including me, it...