Live Ideas Journal

How to Work from Home

April 24, 2019 ptliveideas

In a personal essay, the author explores the positives and negatives of working from home and the motivational struggles of self-fulfillment and self-motivation. She contemplates how working from home has become a cultural phenomenon and how her future career can and cannot fit into that mold.

Live Ideas: Second Edition!

April 15, 2019 ptliveideas

The second edition of Live Ideas: Undergraduate Primary Texts Journal was published on Monday, April 15th! It includes artwork, poetry, short essays, and a longer article as well as a couple interviews!

remember

March 25, 2019 ptliveideas

A letter to our drunk selves.

Interview with the Editors

March 21, 2019 ptliveideas

by Kaylee Kerns (conducted & transcribed) & Jakob Hanschu (edited) This article was published in the Feb. 2019 edition of Live Ideas. View it HERE.

Louisa May Alcott’s Transcendentalism

March 19, 2019 ptliveideas

Transcendentalism discovered keys to happiness long before modern psychology confirmed them. This is evident in Louisa May Alcott’s enduring novel, Little Women, as well as her other works. This paper explores the ideas of happiness found in Alcott’s works, and how her ideas were influenced by transcendentalism at large.

An Argument for the Absurd

March 11, 2019 ptliveideas

Feed, The Society of the Spectacle, and The Myth of Sisyphus help answer the question: how do you live authentically in an inauthentic world? Being a reasonable and happy member of society requires neither total rejection nor total acceptance of its norms but a middle ground that balances the two. By making small concessions, you can lead a more fulfilling life.

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