Sometimes, I take my dad for granted. He always has the best advice, but he also takes ten hours to get out a sentence. He just always thinks out his thoughts and advice so carefully that he speaks as slow as it takes me to run a mile (I can’t run a mile), but even though he can be a bit of a bore, he always knows the right thing to say.

Dads are so wise and knowledgeable. Mine is the smartest man I know by far, and I bet you think yours is too! That’s just what dads are supposed to be–smart, wise, and loving. And because the Internet is the greatest thing in existence, there is a website dedicated to awesome dad advice called Dad-isms. And we here at CollegeCandy have found some of the best of the bunch! Enjoy! (And go hug your dad.) Read More »

You can always count on your family to give an honest perception of your character. Writer and film-maker, Gotham Chopra, sets out to show the world Deepak Chopra as he knows him as his father in his documentary ‘Decoding Deepak,’ which made it’s world premier at the SXSW Film Festival. This journey inevitably reveals a lot not only about Deepak but about Gotham himself, and tells the greater story of a society seeking to make sense of it’s place in the world around it. I had the pleasure of interviewing Deepak on the red carpet before the film. He doesn’t say a lot, but what he does say is really…er, deep?

CollegeCandy: You and your son set out to reveal the ‘you’ that he knows to be true in this film. What was the most interesting thing  you learned about yourself?

Deepak Chopra: About myself?  I didn’t learn much. I learned how he perceived me.

CollegeCandy: Did you find anything about his perceptions surprising? What did you take away from his conclusions?

Deepak Chopra: That there are many ways to look at the same thing, and they are all okay.

CollegeCandy: And what advice could you give to college students who are attempting to ‘find themselves’ and discover who they are?

Deepak Chopra: Ask themselves that question everyday. And live the question.

CollegeCandy: And how would you live the question?

Deepak Chopra: If you ask the question, you live the question and life moves into the answer.

There you have it, kids. Just start living the questions, and answers will follow. Simple as that.

What do you think of Deepak’s advice? Anyone know how to live the question?

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Let’s face it: we all make stupid decisions. Like choosing a fifth over a review session, or bringing that guy home…who stole our iPod in the morning. That’s part of college life… and a big part of what makes it so memorable. But there are some choices that have longer lasting repercussions; things we do now that will haunt us later.

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So you’ve grown up, moved out, and now you’re living on your own. Still, whenever anybody asks where you’re from, you proudly state the place where you grew up instead of your current address. And no matter how much you love your college experience, there is still a comfortable feeling associated with returning home.

Your old bed.

Your old couch.

Your mom’s cooking. Mmmm.

However, no matter how long since you’ve left home, goin’ back never feels the same. Something changes; it may be a tangible difference or a change in emotion, but it’s different just the same.

When I returned home for the first time for Thanksgiving of my freshman year, I discovered the intensity of my mom’s home improvement kick. I drove away from a white house in September and pulled up to a blue one in November. My dingy twin bed was now a queen, complete with a handcrafted quilt and a wool blanket (a welcome change, don’t get me wrong). The pictures of my friends and I were out of site, and my shelves were now ridden with family photos and potpourri.

My room was no longer my room and it just felt weird.

However, there were also changes that run much deeper than my mother’s new home makeover. What would you do if you came home and the family you thought you had was completely different? This happened for me two years after I left for college. My dad took me out to dinner this past summer and told me that he and my mother were separating. The next day, he moved out. I had never lived in that house without him, and having to pick up the phone to talk to him just felt wrong. Read More »