Thought

Final Thought: Stressbuster

I’m finding ‘feel-good’ endorphins and a healthier me in ways I never imagined. Extra work assignments from new projects were coming in (great for the company), yet it was causing a little anxiety, stress and self-talk concerns among me and…

FINAL THOUGHT: A Hot Issue

I’m a creature of habit, especially during my lunch hour. I don’t often stray from Chinese or fast food. But if I hanker for Tex-Mex, I go to Tijuana Flats in Leesburg. While I wait for my quesadillas, I peruse…

FINAL THOUGHT: They’ll all be wearing American Beagle

STORY+PHOTO: Rheya Tanner Around my house, I am the queen of the Princess Pack. My family loves dogs passionately, and as such, we have a pack of three lovely ladies: two dachshund sisters named RC and Pepsi and a lab/Aussie…

FINAL THOUGHT: The great balancing act

STORY: Rheya Tanner From the outside, I’m the poster child of young adulthood. People say I’m bright and full of potential. I’m a Dean’s List student, a loyal employee, and I wear a million other hats in between. I gather…

FINAL THOUGHT: There’s no place like home. Anywhere. Seriously.

STORY: Rheya Tanner I have recurring nightmares about house hunting. Riding with my mother through that cookie-cutter subdivision for the third time in a week. Attempting to navigate cul-de-sacs and looping streets all called “Oak something,” as if that’s cute…

FINAL THOUGHT: Mediocrity is Fine

Have We Set Our Sights Too Low? When the time came to prepare my column for the extraordinary issue, some suggestions were made. Do not go too grandiose. Rather than write about figures who are larger than life, write about…

Final Thought: Absorbing Lake like a sponge

So far, my life as a newcomer in Lake County is nonconventional and could be summed up by two simultaneous opposing extremes: a whirlwind, hyperactive professional life juxtaposed against a transitional, almost lackluster, private life. For work, I learned where…