Healthy QuestioningIt’s Okay: Not To Be Cynical All the Time Critical thinking is important, but cynicism can become crippling, and sometimes, the easy way out of an ideological battle. By Rajvi Desai
I Don't KnowIt’s Okay: Not To Have An Opinion About Everything It's time to normalize saying ‘I don’t know,’ and being quiet for long enough to learn and let others be heard. By Rajvi Desai
Let It OutIt’s Okay: Not to Take the High Road in Arguments When taking the high road means suppressing emotions, the risks to health and well-being aren't worth it. By Rajvi Desai
I'm SpeakingIt’s Okay: to Brag About Yourself The key is to make sure you can back up your boast. By Rajvi Desai
That BitchIt’s Okay: To Envy Other Women Benign envy that gets directed inward can be uncomfortable, but it can also push us to do and be better. By Rajvi Desai
The Bed Needs A BreakIt’s Okay: To Not Make Sex an Important Part of Your Life Society pushes you to either be a prude or a slut; it's okay to be neither and be perfectly happy about it. By Aditi Murti
Empty WorkIt’s Okay: To Be Disorganized, Messy At Work Sometimes, clarity is in being a slob, and that's fine. By Aditi Murti
Softness Is PowerIt’s Okay: To Be Shy, Avoid The Limelight Charisma may be a temporary stimulant, but quiet, gentle temperaments effect lasting change. By Aditi Murti
No Giftwrap PleaseIt’s Okay: To Not Have a Calculated, Cool Exterior Being a person shouldn't have to be an exercise in branding, but rather one of letting others accept you as you are. By Aditi Murti
Ask For What You WantIt’s Okay: To Seek Validation From People You Care About Validation is beautiful, and wanting it is natural. By Aditi Murti
Leave Your Body AloneIt’s Okay: To Feel A Little Less Hot Under Lockdown In the never-ending race to look like a generic ideal, why not take quarantine as a welcome time-out? By Aditi Murti
Burrowing WithinIt’s Okay: To Sometimes Enjoy Being in Quarantine Yes, we all feel horrible about the news, but can we also feel happy we're not stuck in traffic? By Aditi Murti
Protesting ProductivityIt’s Okay: If You’re Not Producing Anything Great While Quarantined If you stayed home and scrolled the apps like the rest of us, you're not a failure. By Aditi Murti
Stare At The CeilingIt’s Okay: To Be Unambitious, Content With What Life Gives You Be the drummer who was fired before The Beatles became successful. By Aditi Murti
Long Time No SeeIt’s Okay: to Be Bad at Keeping in Touch There's a limit to how many relationships we can keep going at any given time. By Liesl Goecker
B.A.S.I.CIt’s Okay: to Like Mainstream Movies, Music, Books, and Culture Life is short and lording your superior taste over other people doesn't sound half as good as a "Modern Family" re-run. By Aditi Murti
Never ChangeIt’s Okay: To Make New Year’s Resolutions and Completely Ignore Them a Week Later January 1 is overrated. By Aditi Murti