Miranda Kate

Miranda Kate Henkel

Bringing Classy BACK

A couple of days ago my mom sent me an email with this article. It’s written by Jennifer L. Scott, one of my favorite bloggers/authors. I know I’ve talked about her book “Lessons from Madame Chic” before and her capsule wardrobe idea (both of which I love). Today I am going to talk about her yet…

October 2, 2014
What to do when you’re tired/unmotivated/burnt out

With the first round of exams either creeping up or already upon us, you may be feeling a little uninspired right now. With so much work to do, it is easy to become slightly depressed and the urge to give up can be overwhelming. But there’s a reason that you’re in the school that you are,…

September 17, 2014
Confessions of a Serial People-Pleaser

Do you ever say or do something to get someone’s approval? I don’t. Wait, no, I do. All the time. (sigh). Whether it’s agreeing to watch a movie I don’t want to see, sacrificing time that I could be studying/working to accommodate someone else’s schedule, eating something I don’t really want to so the other…

September 15, 2014
“The best four years of your life” and other myths about college.

There’s a lot of hype out there about college. It can be a great experience (will need: good attitude) but there are certain things that are said pretty consistently about college that are not necessarily true. 1) “The best four years of your life.” I heard this one a lot, and if you think about…

September 10, 2014
The Meal Plan Challenge

In a previous post I mentioned that food is an important determinant to my happiness. I think this is probably true for most people whether they realize it or not. And when I say that food impacts my happiness, I don’t mean just eating when you’re hungry to avoid getting cranky, it’s also not eating…

September 8, 2014
Labor Day weekend in Charleston

Aren’t long weekends the best? It’s only been two weeks since school started back up but my goodness it was good to have a little break. Earlier this summer, my mom let me know that she was hosting an end-of-summer dinner party this weekend and that attendance was not optional. Of course I did not need…

September 3, 2014
Stress Less: Goals for 2014 school year

Can someone please explain to me how summer is over already? As I am sitting, writing this on campus, I still cannot wrap my head around that. But somehow my disbelief has not stopped classes from starting up again so, here we go. Being unable to deny it any longer, I’ve been trying to embrace…

August 21, 2014
4 simple tips for scheduling it all in for the Fall.

First of all, I want to apologize for not having written in like, forever. Okay it’s only been a month or so but it really has felt like much longer than that. This summer has been very busy, much more so than I anticipated. Overall, everything that has been going on is good, and I…

August 12, 2014
Why I want to be steadfast

I love words. I love hearing them, I love writing them and I love speaking them. I especially enjoy saying words that one doesn’t hear everyday. (Dorky, I know). One of my favorite words is “steadfast.” I know I’ve used it in previous posts but I thought it would be cool to expand on it…

July 2, 2014
My (sort of) first photo shoot and how I’m learning self-acceptance

Last week, my beautiful friend Maria and I went on a little day trip to Wilmington, NC. It was my first time there and I was pleasantly surprised. The town is right on the beach and the downtown area is incredibly charming; there are many cute restaurants, fun boutiques and pretty houses to look…

June 27, 2014