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February 5, 2020January 2, 2020

Relationships are key (and confounding)

Just being alive, we all have some form of relationships. We have friends and families and coworkers and people who know us from the internet. All these things are relationships, and to be honest, all these things can completely stink sometimes.

February 1, 2020March 12, 2020

Challenging my fears: the third week

So as you may or may not know, I’ve been trying to overcome my fears in general, and this is my update for the third week. If you aren’t up to speed, you can find the first post about this here, or if you just missed last week’s update, you can find it here.

January 29, 2020January 2, 2020

The trap of instant gratification

I know you love instant gratification, but it’s a trap!

I write this, coming to you from a place of caring. Not judging. I am not going to tell you how to live your life or what your priorities should be, because no one can determine that for you. All that being said though, there is a plague on our society today and I can’t let another day pass without addressing it.

January 25, 2020March 12, 2020

Challenging my fears: Week Two

January 18, 2020March 12, 2020

Challenging my fears: One Week In

I’m one week into my journey of facing my fears as a way of life, and I’m not sure how I’m feeling. This has been a strange week, with a high current of emotions as I began to dismantle my life in many seemingly small ways. I’ve had some victories and some…situations that I will gently refer to as setbacks.

January 15, 2020January 17, 2020

Do you have to love yourself first?

I think I was 14 years old when I heard it for the first time, “but you have to love yourself first before you can truly love someone else.” It seemed original when it was told to me. Soon I would find out how common this adage is, though.

January 11, 2020April 24, 2020

Challenging my fears: My Two Cents

I’m not usually one for sensationalism or these flashy challenges, but I’ve got a problem.

January 4, 2020January 2, 2020

Stuck in thought prison: My Two Cents

January 1, 2020December 15, 2019

What are you ready for?

Back in my senior year of high school, I was in a fair amount of therapy. But my main therapist had just left the organization for her dream job, and I was left with someone new.

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019

Will it be a good year?: My Two Cents

I’m looking out at the newly falling snow and trying to hear the voice within. With January 1st around the corner, the voices around me are getting so loud. About “new year new me”, or “I’m finally going to get fit” or about how this time of the year is such a sham. And something inside me is groaning with discontent.