About the Project
This collection is an immersion memoir told through television—a series of personal essays that use beloved sitcoms as entry points into memory, identity, and emotional reckoning. By rewatching Friends, New Girl, and How I Met Your Mother at different stages of my life, I confront the ways fiction has shaped my understanding of success, love, and endings. These shows once served as blueprints. Now, they’re reflections of who I was, who I’m becoming, and what it means to rewrite your story in real time.
About Me
My name is Palak and I am a graduating senior at the University of Michigan! I study Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics (PPE) with a minor in Writing. I am planning to pursue a J.D. degree in *fingers crossed* Public Interest Law, but on the side love to write in any capacity I can; from policy analysis to personal essays, I love exploring complex ideas through language. Writing is how I make sense of the world — and sometimes how I challenge it. This space is a collection of my creative works that reflect where I’ve been, what I’m learning, and how I’m still becoming. Thanks for being here.