When is selfishness actually a good thing?

A guest post by 9th grade GLI-er Taryn. She looks back on her competitive middle school experience and decides there might be such a thing as being too driven.

Jahleese discovers that adventures don't have to involve leaving home.

High School senior Bella Herold writes about leaving the bubble - her semester away and her session at GLI summer camp - and falling painfully back to reality.

Carlin has taken the step from middle school to high school, and is now planning for an even bigger step: stepping out of the library.

Maddie reflects on the hardest part of college so far. Is it the classes? Dorm living? No, it's the battle with her good girl habits - in this case, the tendency to say "yes" to any and all social invitations, even when she really wants to say "no."

Jahleese thought that college graduation would be the next step towards her own apartment. Instead, she finds herself here. This is the third article in Jahleese's series about life after college.

Shannon discusses her dismay at a clothing company's messages about gender, even when it comes to the youngest customers.

Lauren takes a good, hard look at why she and so many of her friends are maxed out.

GLI-er and high school freshman Julia Carlin practices assertiveness when asking for cheese, among other things. This is the second article in her series about applying leadership tools to real life.