Danielle Sewell

My advice for on-the-go conference content? Get yourself a phone gimbal! This thing has been my bestie at #NACADA25.

Josie and Danielle wear sunglasses and smile during an outdoor lunch.

Caesars Palace lit up at night, including poolside palm trees

The Caesars Palace sign looms large against a backdrop of a sunny blue sky and wispy white clouds.

Watch out, Vegas — @josieahlquist.bsky.social and I are here this week, providing on-site content support for NACADA’s Annual Conference. Excited to show all the academic advisors some love (these people are so delightful and passionate; they deserve it)! 💙💚

two women are standing next to each other in a store . one of the women is holding a pineapple in a shopping cart . Alt: In a scene from Superstore, a store employee tells a shopped "Um, they're all bad."

My husband and I often say that watching shows like Love Is Blind is better than couples therapy. Nothing makes me never want to date again more than seeing the dating scene in action.

It is wild how out of sorts I feel when Asana is down.

Deodorant on the inner thighs works miracles for prevention, once you’re back at it. Until then…ice and maybe some pure moisturizer like cocoa butter or coconut oil? Godspeed from one thick thigh girly to another. ✌️

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

The Life of a Showgirl is the sparkle of goodness I needed this week. ✨❤️‍🔥 On my second play-through. So far my favorites are The Fate of Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, and Actually Romantic.

But honestly, the whole album is a gem and I think this is the best Taylor's voice has ever sounded. 🥰

a man is wearing a black sweater with white wings on the front Alt: David Rose from Schitt's Creek laughs dramatically, wrapping up with a steadier face and a quick "no."

If you're asking me for money and the first line is "Hey Sewell" ...

Instructions for a laptop stand read: “How to use: 1. Insert Part B and C into Part A and secure them into place. 2. Then you could put your laptop computer on it.

The word “could” here was a real choice… 🧐

They are clearly the purest among us.

Jellyfish float among aquarium bubbles, glowing like moon-lit bright spots in dark water.

Please enjoy this photo of happy, floaty jellies from my trip to the Baltimore Aquarium this weekend as your Monday morning timeline cleanser. 🪼

Pro tip: If you find poison ivy in your backyard and feel that gloves will be sufficient protection during the removal process because it’s just one plant and you’ve never had a reaction before and you’ll be super careful…you should probably put on some long sleeves.

Sending so much love to the students and employees in these communities. 💔

This is an important thread. It seems weirdly disrespectful to try to turn Kirk into something he clearly despised.

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda

How quick we forget.

The PA cicadas are out of control this week. I have never heard them so loud, so consistently. *eye twitch*

a woman sits in a chair drinking from a cup Alt: Aubrey Plaza sips from a teacup, pinky out, as she looks shiftily up to the camera.

Live footage of me ⬇️ working at a café as a bro at the next table mansplains marketing to two women by recommending Gary V and what is essentially a "spray and pray" marketing approach. This is my personal hell.

My recs:

- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow — modern masterpiece

- The House in the Cerulean Sea — YA with charm & found family

- The Once and Future Witches — historical fiction wrapped in feminism wrapped in revolution

- The Ten Thousand Doors of January — world-bending magical realism

Learning that Taylor Swift is a fellow sourdough baker has brought me so much joy. I hope she also follows Gigi and Eloise on TikTok.

I think the biggest problem is we’re asking without also giving. Mutual give and take is part of a healthy community. But when you ask folks for their energy/time/attention/money without investing in relationship-building, you’re trying to make a withdrawal from an empty account.

It was SO GOOD. ❤️‍🔥

While I am AMPED about the Taylor Swift album announcement, I feel an equal amount of cringe seeing the thirsty brand comments on the TikTok announcement. Nobody needs to see a laundry detergent fangirling. Like…why?

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a woman holding a suitcase with the words some days it just works below her Alt: Moira Rose enters a room in a business-fabulous wardrobe and raises her hands as she says, "Some days it just works."

I invested in a lap desk, and it might just be the perfect hybrid of comfort and ergonomics that my WFH habits needed. And there's a CUPHOLDER! 💁🏻‍♀️

I definitely did not need a close-up photo of a screwworm filling up my feed as I drink my morning tea. Just a note for all the media outlets of the world.

a man in a white shirt and tie is standing in front of a picture of a man and says `` everything is garbage '' . Alt: Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine says “everything is garbage” while giving a toast at a funeral.

Ugh…you’re right.

Maybe IHE should have sent them a participation trophy? 🤔

Cosmo the pitbull mix rests his head morosely on a couch pillow, as if resigned to his imperfect fate.

The sky just OPENED and there is an inch of rain sitting on my ground-level deck. Cosmo the fuzzy sunbather does not approve

Graphic with the title "Letters to the Future: Hopes for Higher Ed." Below is an envelope icon with a heart, and the question: "What would you say to the next generation of higher ed leaders?" On the right, Dr. Josie Ahlquist is pictured with her hand over her heart, wearing a pastel-colored dress, set against a blue-to-beige gradient background with decorative dot patterns.

Letters to the Future. 💌 What do you want the next generation of higher ed leaders to know? Submit a short letter of encouragement here: forms.gle/T2PhZyras7wu...