I unpack all my things after moving out of my college dorm and find ways to make my ordinary life special ✨ I think life is in noticing the simple stuff, the small things, the things that happen every day. How can you make it special? Thank you everyone for being here and always being so lovely. I'm shocked when anything I put out into this world is well received and can touch any one of you. I am so grateful for you. See you next time. Take care, Jenn Music: Reggie San Miguel - Daydream - https://thmatc.co/?l=279926C Carter Vail - Tigers on Trains - https://thmatc.co/?l=858FD80B Carter Vail - Death by Telephone - https://thmatc.co/?l=608F9E4C HOAX - Beach House - https://thmatc.co/?l=66505CA9 HOAX - Moon Moon Baby - https://thmatc.co/?l=64505BF3 Fiji Blue - Day by Day - https://thmatc.co/?l=F219A00E VALNTN - Mona Lisa - https://thmatc.co/?l=A9A8BD62 Peter Fenn - Okay - https://thmatc.co/?l=AD7E6A78 ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student also minoring in business in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.

Come along my day with me as I work at my journalism internships remotely, kill time doing puzzles and try out new cooking recipes ✨ In light of George Floyd's death among many others (Breonna Taylor, MIke Ramos, Ahmaud Arbery...) I have found myself grappling with despair and paralyzing helplessness of what I can do that is meaningful and impactful beyond performative activism on social media. I am in deep admiration of everyone who has taken the streets to courageously protest and spoken up despite the pain they feel more deeply because this is their daily life. I think what is most important is to not let this conversation die, to keep educating ourselves independently, to listen, to empathize and acknowledge our own privilege and work on anti-racism wherever we see it, whether that is in ourselves, our family, our friends our out in the world. Here are some places you can donate to: https://bailproject.org/ https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home If you can't afford to donate money, raise money with your views by watching these videos I've found below: For these fundraisers to work you need to do the following 1. Do NOT put this on loop or repeat once it's done. YouTube will see it as s / p / 4 / m and won't show you ads. 2. Watch it through once. Then, watch 3 to 5 videos after of any length. Then, research this video manually and watch it through again. Make sure to watch different videos every time. 3. Do NOT watch in a playlist or a browser app. Use the youtube app. 4. Turn off ad block or youtube premium (you can make a new account or use an incognito tab) 5. Watch on at least 480p and at at least half volume. Do NOT pause or fast forward the video. 6. Watch through videos and do NOT skip them. You can click on ads as well! 7. Comment and like this video - it will tell YouTube this is something people like. Be careful with your wording, though, and avoid emojis 8. Do not clear playback or search history 9. Share this on social media! Spread the word! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HTgJzZAYnE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slbNdBuQzKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUeuZ5xYDBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ-HRJvabR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Xe8N0FNTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99IgHvBfsxI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifpS6vvNO3Q Resource List of mental health resources, anti-racist books, articles, and podcasts I compiled as well as places to donate I compiled: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vwN29xULgemDrAv6k-N4zYJt50zbybH4GlOdzNU5Wwo/edit?usp=sharing Let yourself take a break if you need it but don't shy away from discomfort. BE UNCOMFORTABLE. Stay informed but know that you can only give so much at one moment. Sending you peace and love. Take care, Jenn Music: Peter Fenn - Okay - https://thmatc.co/?l=AD7E6A78 Carter Vail - Pontiac - https://thmatc.co/?l=E68EB0BE Reggie San Miguel - Daydream - https://thmatc.co/?l=279926C Ashton Edminster - Explain It at the Coffee Shop - https://thmatc.co/?l=A64895F0 HOAX - Indian Summer - https://thmatc.co/?l=EF5374C4 Ashton Edminster - Break the Distance - https://thmatc.co/?l=9148B2E1 frumhere, kevatta - warm feeling - https://thmatc.co/?l=6E208185 ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student also minoring in business in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.

Another productive quarantine week in my life ✨it's been a busy week starting summer school along with working remotely at two magazine internships and as a videographer at the daily texan, but it's been a fulfilling time. I got to see some friends this week and we tried to socially distance as much as we could. I brought Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer to wipe down everything and to use before we left but it was nice to see my friends' lovely faces in the flesh. I really hope you are all doing well. I know this is a really challenging time and hopefully this video can be a safe space to rest for a while. I'm thinking about you and sending you my love. Resources/thoughts of BLM below: ✊🏿 Here is a resource document I have compiled with places you can donate to, mental health resources and content you can consume to educate yourself: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vwN29xULgemDrAv6k-N4zYJt50zbybH4GlOdzNU5Wwo/edit?usp=sharing Here is an article with petitions you can sign to support the BLM: https://www.purewow.com/news/petitions-black-lives-matter I have started watching the documentary 13th on Netflix and wow has it been so eye-opening. I've been taking notes as I'm watching so I can fully digest what I am learning (and unlearning). A few things I have learned so far: The 13th Amendment was written with a loophole where slavery was abolished excluding criminals so African Americans were arrested for minor crimes in order to rebuild the Southern economy after the Civil War. This started the prison boom. The film Birth of a Nation depicted Black people as menacing and as rapists to be feared. This depiction of Black people have made them refugees of terror, or generational trauma. This would develop into legal terrorism with segregation and Jim Crow laws that made Black people of permanent second status. Civil rights activists were also seen as criminals but for the first time, the Civil Rights Movement transformed what it meant to be arrested by White people. It became noble, for they were standing up for a cause. Mass incarceration would start to emerge in the 70s with Nixon's "War on Crime" and pushing for "law and order." Reagan's "War on Drugs" made drugs into a crime, rather than a health issue, which targeted communities of color. This was all a political strategy and what he called the "Southern Strategy." Politicians would continue to create fear around Black men as criminals and Democrats recognized they needed to be hard on crime to win, which Clinton figured out. I've only seen half of it so far, but already it's so disheartening to see how racism is built into the systems we see today. That society was built to hold back opportunities and the livelihood of Black people, among other minorities as well. I still have so much to learn and am still navigating how to stand up for what I believe in in the most effective ways, but I urge you to join me in this discomfort. Take care, Jenn Music: Carter Vail - Drive Home - https://thmatc.co/?l=618F81DF ninjoi. - Cigarettes - https://thmatc.co/?l=4A892D8F ninjoi. - Acceptance - https://thmatc.co/?l=B8BEED2 Joey Howard - Baby What You Say - https://thmatc.co/?l=FC64C74D Joey Howard - Autumn Leaves Fall (feat. B.C.Hill) - https://thmatc.co/?l=FB64C53A ninjoi. - Where Do I Go - https://thmatc.co/?l=78BE806 Gil Wanders - By The River - https://thmatc.co/?l=2E7B049A Reggie San Miguel - Daydream - https://thmatc.co/?l=279926C Ashton Edminster - Interlude - https://thmatc.co/?l=544CEDEA ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student also minoring in business in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.

Well, this wasn't the exact scenario I imagined I would be saying goodbye but here it is. Room 332, you have been my first home in college. A shockingly small room with bunkbeds but somehow cute and quaint. I'm sorry for the amount of hair I shed on your floors. It's honestly pretty miraculous that I'm not bald. I'm going to miss crashing on the creaky bottom bunk after a long day or night. I'm going to miss the way the light streamed in through the window blinds, the way I've always loved. I'm going to miss stacking the yogurt covered pretzels and spicy popcorn on top of the fridge and binging the office on my desk chair. Freshman year was a huge learning curve. I felt lost. I felt alone. I felt excited. I felt a lot. Tearing down all the photographs and packing all the little knick knacks I had accumulated over a year felt strange, too fast and I couldn't really process it. I'm going to miss you, but I'm moving forward. And I think you would want that for me too. Thank you Room 332. Take care, Jenn Music: Music by HOAX - Pretty - https://thmatc.co/?l=F0537657 Music by Carter Vail - Silent Movies - https://thmatc.co/?l=638F82F5 ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student also minoring in business in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.

If anything defines what it's like to live in Texas, it's snow in the middle of February. These are way overdue because I got too bogged down with excuses I could list out but it was nice to revisit these memories at a distance. I'll be uploading a few more catchup videos but stay safe everyone in light of coronavirus. It's a hard time social distancing. It's isolating. A lot of what defines college life and academics is being taken away or damaged, but we'll get through this time. I'll see you next time. Until then... Take care, Jenn ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student also minoring in business in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.

This week was a really busy one, but filled with some new, exciting, and important things! 📚 1/27-2/2: I interviewed my first person for an Austin Monthly feature, UT had its sexual misconduct panel, Littlefield RHC held its first event of the semester, and the video department of the Daily Texan finally finished video tryouts! I would be lying if I said I wasn't super tired from this week, but I'm really excited about the things I'm involved in. But I'm not going to promote a grind culture because burn out is real and not sustainable, and I think we all deserve to enjoy the moments in between our ambitious goals. Go after what you want but don't neglect what you need 💛Until next time, I hope you're doing well. Take care, Jenn ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student also minoring in business in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.

This was my first week of classes of spring semester at UT and my first week at my internship at Austin Monthly as an editorial intern! I really wanted to make it a point to put out content that would do more than just share my life, but also hopefully help inspire you guys to pursue your dreams. I can only offer my experience as a journalism student, but I really hope to empower others and offer insight that can be useful. It's been busy already from the get go and while I'm all about productivity and ambition, I don't want to promote a culture of burn out so definitely be mindful about what's too much. I think in a society of comparison and success culture, we constantly feel like we're not doing enough and that we're running out of time but we are all doing our best and we shouldn't determine our worth from our work. Anyway, thanks for being here on my journey with me! I hope to continue to produce content that is both meaningful to me and you. Take care, Jenn ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student also minoring in business in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.

I finally finished my first semester of college at UT and set out to explore the vibrant city that is Austin. I feel like it is so easy to become isolated on campus. You could honestly spend all four years without stepping off campus, but I wanted college to be more than just academics and studying. I wanted to experience life and make the most of my new freedom and independence. So I stayed an extra week in Austin after I finished all my exams to explore a new thing in the city each day. I rediscovered my love for exploring on my own. It becomes almost a contemplative adventure and those moments of reflection and rejuvenation are so valuable. But exploring the city with friends was just as amazing and I'm so grateful for the new memories I've made. I urge you to explore a place you think you know and push yourself to try new things! College is definitely about enriching your education, but you want to leave your four years with more than just a degree. Happy exploring! Take care, Jenn ★ Find me! ★ Blog: https://jenniferxia.wixsite.com/blog Personal ig: https://www.instagram.com/jennxia Writing ig: https://www.instagram.com/jenn.xia Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenniferxia My name is Jennifer Xia. I'm a Journalism student in the Moody Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin. This is my way of documenting my life and hopefully you can find a little piece of home here too.