Monika Karna Writes

fitness

  • Goals Are Not Meant to Be Realistic

    ·  As a college sophomore, deep into stress, loneliness, and the ‘freshman 15’, I decided to run a marathon. It had been a lingering desire since my senior year of high school cross country, despite College wearing away any fitness… Continue reading

    Goals Are Not Meant to Be Realistic

  • Time Takes Time

    · Just a day or two ago, I lay looking up at the bright yellow leaves still clinging to the boughs of the maple trees. Loosened by a slight breeze, a few of them drifted downward to finally meet with… Continue reading

    Time Takes Time

  • The Summer I Learned to Swim

    · I stood staring at myself in the YMCA bathroom mirror, trying to stretch a bright purple swim cap over my curly brown hair. It took me a few tries before I did not look like I was forcibly stretching… Continue reading

    The Summer I Learned to Swim