As Divya completes her junior year at Boston University, she reflects on anti-lessons — assumptions, beliefs and mindsets to let go of — from her college experience so far. These takeaways span a wide variety of themes:

4:19 Anti-Lesson #1: Productivity

9:49 Anti-Lesson #2: Change and Growth

15:32 Anti-Lesson #3: Internal Truth and External Validation

18:52 Anti-Lesson #4: Self-Consciousness with Success

21:15 Anti-Lesson #5: Loneliness

23:28 Anti-Lesson #6: Consideration

25:39 Anti-Lesson #7: Intelligence

27:28 Anti-Lesson #8: Pursuing Opportunities

30:17 Anti-Lesson #9: Friendships

37:39 Anti-Lesson #10: Expectations

Join Boston University sophomores Divya Sood and Laney Broussard as they "press pause to press play now and in the future." In this insightful episode, they discuss authenticity, content creation, self-empowerment, change, discovering your story, and Generation Z's evolving relationship with social media. 

This episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Connect with Divya at [email protected]. 

In this content-packed episode, Divya shares new habits, routines, and self-commitments that she has started implementing to enhance her productivity and wellbeing. 

This episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Connect with Divya at [email protected] and @presspausewithdivya on Instagram. 

Coming from the same high school yet navigating their own college journeys, Divya (Boston University '24) and Sahana (University of Wisconsin-Madison '25) discuss their transitions to college, social experiences, and the importance of investing in and being there for yourself throughout it all. 

This episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Connect with Divya at [email protected]. 

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