Nicole Tarkoff

Cow Pose. Arching my butt up in the air, when someone is most likely directly behind me, makes me feel a little awkward.

A relaxed mind is a creative mind.

Sometimes the best companion for a single girl on a Friday night is a big glass of wine.

People seem to have plenty of questions about love. How do we find it? How do we keep it alive? How in the world do we know it when we have it? So many questions on one simple, four letter word. L-O-V-E.

2. Compare and contrast. No, not like the essays you used to write in high school. Comparing yourself to your ex’s new girlfriend is like a death sentence, and convincing yourself how much better you are than her is not exactly healthy either.

How do you know when it is the right time to get all mushy-gushy with your significant other and admit your feelings? Well, most of the time you don’t.

Employers aren’t supposed to discriminate your age when you are nervously twiddling your thumbs in your new job interview, so why should we discriminate age when it comes to relationships?

Staring at a girl from across the bar is not going to get her back to your bedroom. I don’t care how good looking you are, a girl needs more than just a look.

Your intentions. Sounds like something our fathers would ask you before you take us to the homecoming dance, but it’s something we’d like you to let us know. Are you more curious about the bra that’s beneath this tank top or the brains beneath this beauty?

Your family asks if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend at every gathering.

The woman who found a rock in the shape of a heart…

Some people realize they love someone in one single moment, and for others it happens gradually over time.

You may think of online dating as a last resort to finding you everlasting love, when in reality the only thing it’s making everlasting is your status as single.

If the guy you want a relationship with is only calling or texting you on his way home from the bar, you’re better off just not responding.

22 is an age where it is okay to be a little selfish because it is an age where, however cliché it may sound, we are trying to find ourselves without having the worries to take care of someone else.

Many of us are familiar with the phrase “swipe right,” but swiping right or left can’t prepare you for actually meeting the person face to face.

If Taylor Swift can “Shake it Off,” so can we.

We live in a world where it matters what others think about you. As a recent college graduate on what feels like a never ending job search for a career that I am not only qualified for, but actually interested in, I have discovered that it really does matter how other people see you.