Welcome to our little corner of the Internet. Kick your feet up and stay a while.
Hello! My name is Nihal Ahmed, I’m a senior graphic design and illustration student at Xavier University who is on the cusp of graduation. I’ve been the graphic design intern for 1N5 since November of 2020, and it’s been an incredible experience being behind-the-scenes on all of the amazing projects we’ve put out since then. I cannot overstate how ardent …
Often times things will feel scary or hard to do, and that fear keeps us from starting in the first place. Many things feel scary or really hard, until they’re done and we realize that we were stronger than we thought. My daughter just turned one – which is crazy to me how quickly this year has flown by. I’ve …
Hi all! I’m Samantha Kayne, 1N5’s newest Social Media Intern. I am a sophomore at Indian Hill High School. I play lacrosse, basketball, and field hockey. One of my favorite parts about playing high school and club sports is becoming a part of a community. Outside of sports, I am extremely passionate about my education. Being a person everyone can …
The new year used to bring a certain amount of unnecessary pressure and stress for me. I am a very goal oriented person all 12 months of the year, but when January 1st hits, the pressure rises higher in my brain to set unachievable goals (yes, unachievable goals) that I can cross off my list by the end of the …
This holiday season is one I am very excited about – my daughter’s first Christmas. I am excited to create the same magic for her that I had when I was growing up. During the holidays, we focus so much on giving to others to make them happy and fill them with joy. That’s exactly what the holiday season is …
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott In college, I remember my therapist asking me, “when was the last time you took a moment to actively rest, to sit and do nothing?”. I did not have an answer for her. At the time, I was enrolled in classes full-time, …
It’s okay if the holidays are hard for you. I was always someone who associated the holidays with joy. The holidays always were a joyous time for me and my family. As I got older, it became less about material items or the food and more about the time spent with some of my favorite people. My therapist has told …
The holiday season for me brings a lot of socializing, togetherness, and joy, which includes the need for organization, budgeting, and planning, all of which stress me out. Throughout the hustle and bustle of this busy season, self-care can fall to the wayside pretty quickly. This self-awareness is the first step in creating self-care practices I can incorporate into my …
You deserve love and kindness, even when your brain tells you otherwise, you are deserving of good, you are deserving of peace. Sometimes the world is unkind to us and sometimes things happen that feel overwhelming and unfair. Sometimes when we experience those overwhelming moments, our brains begin to tell us that we should have done things differently, and then …
Finals. Just seeing the word makes college students shake with fear. As someone who has always struggled with test anxiety, finals week is a difficult time for me. In the past, in order to maximize my time during this chaotic week I would decide to stop all my self-care habits. No more going to the gym because that takes too …
