Her Sphere

by: Tan Triesia “Every flower blooms in a different period.” Rilakkuma and Kaoru is a breath of fresh air–a heartwarming and cute, calming, and beautifully thoughtful show. The show follows Kaoru, a single and working-class woman, going through the everyday challenges of her life with her animal friends, Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, and Kiiroitori. Kaoru passes through her young adulthood without many close friends, lacks relationships, and is not really interested in her job. Her animal friends helped Kaoru as she went through everyday frustrations and found her self-worth.  The life of Kaoru highlights every small and relatable moment in life. We learn the same lessons as Kaoru throughout the year, fully understanding that new challenges will come.  Accepting Change In one of the episodes, the apartment they live in will be demolished. Kaoru searches for a new place as the situation forces her. Kaoru and her animal friends must leave their lovely apartment with so many memories and say

by: Asti Hayan It takes endless learning and unlearning to figure out what we want to do with our life. The experience of losing and growing while navigating our life is beautifully written by Taylor Swift in her song, You're on Your Own, Kid . The song features many personal and vulnerable lyrics that might resonate with all of us. Here are some takes of her lyrics from which we can learn a thing or two. "I didn't choose this town, I dream of getting out" Sometimes where we are and what we become right now is something that we don’t expect it to be. We yearn for something bigger and better, we have so much in store that we believe the world has yet to see. We dream of getting out. H owever, little did we know, we can bloom here in this very place. We don’t need to wait to get out, we just need to constantly grow while also living our life.  "My dreams aren't rare" We are just like everybody else trying to get a hold of this life. We dream, desire things