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.

Jahleese has a job she loves and grand plans for her future, but her mother thinks that she should be paying rent to live at home. Who's right?

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.

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.

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.

GLI camper and high school freshman Julia Carlin challenges herself to go from pretzeling her limbs to walking with confidence, and lives to tell the tale. This is the first article in a series by Julia about applying leadership tools to real life.

Jahleese Ladson reflects on her post-graduation job search. This is the first in a series of articles from Jahleese about life as a recent college grad.