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2407, 2014

Lost in the “Real World”? Get Smart and Find Your Calling

In talking to many of my friends, who have recently graduated from college as I have, it seems like life has become vastly different than it was a year or two ago. Some of us [...]

2407, 2014

Work Hard, Play Hard, Get Smart

A Photo Journal of Summer Lessons In the true spirit of a Get Smart girl, I’ve been having an absolutely incredible summer. In addition to interning for Get Smart, I’ve been doing undergraduate research at [...]

1707, 2014

Lessons Your Best Friends Teach You – Get Smart!

After transferring from Coastal Carolina University to Ramapo College of New Jersey, where I presently attend, I now know a thing or two about best friends in college. Most of us have best friends from [...]

1707, 2014

Get Smart and Create your Own Sparkle!

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.” - Walt Whitman Stress, Anger, Anxiousness, Negativity... There are millions of things that bring negative thoughts and emotions into our lives, [...]

907, 2014

I Am Adopted : A Get Smart Gal Finds Love Within.

The giggling of the kindergarten students subsided and the teacher called out the next name for "Show and Tell."  I stood in the center of the circle, anxiously waiting to reveal my big secret.  I had [...]

907, 2014

Get Smart about Your Natural Beauty

We live in a generation that strives for absolute and total perfection. One of the ways that society has assisted us in trying to reach this impossible goal is by makeup. I see commercial after commercial advertising [...]

907, 2014

How Can You Live a Healthy Life? Get Smart Now.

“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” – Audre Lorde Living a healthy lifestyle is not exactly at the top of everyone’s [...]

207, 2014

Get Smart about Your Life Compass

"After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart... and if you're very lucky, [...]

2606, 2014

Get Smart about the 9-5 Grind

I recently started what I like to call my first real, big person job. You know, the 9-5, dealing with co-workers, bosses and paychecks. The stuff that sitcoms and endless dinner table conversations are made [...]

2506, 2014

Get Smart by Getting Healthy

While we have taken steps in the right direction when it comes to body image, the messages to women are still quite confusing. Things like the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty; the truth behind photoshopped pictures [...]