Jessyca Stoepker
long straight drive
A poem I wrote last October about the weird nostalgia of rural childhoods.
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Jessyca Stoepker
- Aug 20, 2021
- 7 min
My quarter-life crisis
2020 may have been the year of global crisis, but 2021 is the year of my quarter-life crisis. Quitting my job was just one of many reasons.
Jessyca Stoepker
- Jan 24, 2021
- 10 min
The Chronicles of COVID: Anger, exhaustion, and bittersweet moments in human services
Unlike most folks, I have not yet been sent home to work remotely. While even healthcare workers took a few weeks' leave in the spring, I st
Jessyca Stoepker
- May 17, 2020
- 5 min
Pushing through the opacity
Take temp, down coffee, mask up. Repeat. The phrase "keep calm and carry on" has never aligned more perfectly.
Jessyca Stoepker
- Dec 15, 2019
- 4 min
Detachment, death, and other happenings of Michigan winters
The lists of people we claim to love can be hundreds of pages long, and yet, as my friend said, "You can't keep them."
Jessyca Stoepker
- Oct 18, 2019
- 5 min
Overshadowed: Discovering the roots of Little Traverse Bay
As many of you know, I have been accepted into and participating in events through Leadership Little Traverse, a nine-month civic...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Aug 24, 2019
- 6 min
Coffee shop humility
I’m not writing this to pat myself on the back, to brag about some high moral standards that I have or anything like that. I’m writing...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Jul 25, 2019
- 2 min
My days in Monterey
Despite not knowing this wonderful city existed until 48 hours before I left Michigan, I've fallen in love with Monterey. Located in...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
So far, so cool, SoCal
I (semi-unintentionally?) spent a lot of time in Southern California, and I was going to write a more lengthy post about it. However, so...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Jul 2, 2019
- 4 min
Hiking Yosemite
“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” -John Muir...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Jun 26, 2019
- 3 min
Seeing the Sequoias
Sequoia National Park--truthfully, the dream that brought me to California in the first place. It only makes sense that exploring it...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
Aboard the California Zephyr
As many of you know, I’m currently chugging over to California via Amtrak for a few weeks of solo vacation. My bus left from Grand Rapids...
Jessyca Stoepker
- May 27, 2019
- 6 min
It's been a year since I've graduated college. Here's what I've learned so far.
Sometimes I really miss college--the roommate bonding, the clubbing on the weekends, the relief of finishing a giant research paper right...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Mar 30, 2019
- 5 min
Boundaries: An important part of your self-care routine
Can we just reflect on the fact that it is already April, as in A-P-R-I-L, 2019?!? Okay, thanks. I think it’s safe to say that everyone...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min
How perfectionism stops me from reaching my goals
Goal-setting is essential for anyone who wants to succeed in life. It doesn't matter what your goals are--they could involve bettering...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Dec 30, 2018
- 3 min
A quick & inaccurate rating of 2018
While January lasted 10 years, December has lasted 10 seconds. After a brown Christmas, I'm back to work planning out the year ahead. But...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Dec 3, 2018
- 5 min
Voice your passions
You never know to what extent your personal hobbies may affect your career. Flash back to sophomore year of college. Inspired after...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Nov 11, 2018
- 4 min
The not-so-pretty part of "self-care"
These days, "self-care" can mean just about anything. Social media gurus pose with lattes, comfy socks, and bath bombs and call it...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Oct 27, 2018
- 4 min
Salaried, but still stressed about money
To help out a friend working on an internship project, I volunteered an hour of my time the other day to answer some of his questions...
Jessyca Stoepker
- Oct 19, 2018
- 5 min
"Come back, but don't stay": Travel, education, and finding your sense of self
Like so many moms, mine was filled with a kind of hopeful sadness when I officially moved out of the house a few years ago. But she...
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