How can making a rice & beans dinner on a Wednesday have anything to do with celebration - especially celebration of steadiness? Hello, it's been nine months and a day since my last blog post, but I'm back, and doing just fine. 🙂 Daily writing promptWhat are you doing this evening?View all responses Seriously, I'm... Continue Reading →
No individual in my life has shown me the meaning of success more than my mom has. She has taught me not only how to be successful, but how to develop my own idea of what it even means to be successful. She raised my younger brother and I with (probably too much) liberty, did... Continue Reading →
Our modern obsession with discussing our mental health issues seems like half of its own problem. We are trying so hard to "solve" our mental health issues that we're only stressing ourselves further from intrapersonal peace. At least, this seems to be a challenge I face when learning to love myself, again. And again. And... Continue Reading →
No one can tell you what the most fun way to exercise is for YOU. However, I can tell you what factors can make exercise more fun for ANYONE. It is common and normal to fear the gym, detest running, or resent having to move your body in the evening, on the weekends, or on... Continue Reading →
What has "Growing Up" done to you? Becoming an adult sucks for everyone, I know, but do you feel the anguish and despair at the loss of your innocence and wonder and joy that I do at mine? When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? Probably ~ 5... Continue Reading →
The work injury wasn't what I wished for, obviously, but bear with me here. January came and went smoothly, hurriedly even, and I've been excited for my 26th birthday. Which means that although I've been killin' it - working hard, working out, eating good and healthy, having as great a time the hamster on its... Continue Reading →
Let me get this straight - y'all out here enjoying writing? You mean writing, expressing in general, doesn't grip you by the throat like a noose until you've choked out the mass of swirling thoughts in your mind? It doesn't stalk you from the corner of the room, resenting you for not feeding it in... Continue Reading →
Maybe you've struggled to achieve your goals because you haven't tried working backwards. Our society encourages, imposes, and arguably forces linear thinking upon us from an early age. What if another methodology were to work for you? Daily writing promptHow do you plan your goals?View all responses Me inside of a hole, taken by my... Continue Reading →
Do you apologize too much, too? I made a post about it on FaceBook years back and my stepmom expressed that she didn't understand it. Maybe this excerpt will articulate my meaning better. Daily writing promptWhat is a word you feel that too many people use?View all responses Has Society Become Too Sensitive? Absolutely, society's... Continue Reading →
My phone-wallet-keys method keeps me leaving the house prepared more than anything else in life. In fact, it's this mental behavioral technique that keeps me (wrongfully) thinking I'm an actual grown adult. The full list is phone, wallet, keys, knife, water bottle, sunglasses! Daily writing promptWhat is the most important thing to carry with you... Continue Reading →
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