“To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you somebody else is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.” – E. E. Cummings I’m writing early. I’m going to need a good night’s sleep for the week ahead of me. Do youContinue reading “Be Yourself”
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Natural Hair
I saw this and wanted to share it. I am a natural hair girlie, and I’m always excited to learn new ways to love my hair. So I had to share this YouTube video. She named her fro Tina, and I’m loving the look!!
Live Your Best Life
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” -Henry David Thoreau Life could slip right through your fingers in an instant. It’s wild to think of it. But the point is that once you gain perspective on your life and your value, it’s hard to stick around in places thatContinue reading “Live Your Best Life”
Pure Awareness
“Life needs to be experienced fully, not only in its sweetest, easiest moments. This is what mindfulness is all about—being here and now, with pure awareness of our experiences.” – Jennifer Burger Ms. Burger is preaching! When I’m working in jobs I don’t love or in environments that don’t sustain me, I feel like myContinue reading “Pure Awareness”
Human Freedom
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Viktor E. Frankl There’s a part of me that is overwhelmed by this, and there’s a part of me that so deeply feels theContinue reading “Human Freedom”
New Eyes
“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” -Richie Norton Wow, today required a lot of intentional peace. Thankfully, peace found me where I was. And tomorrow will bring me new joys and new moments of peace. This is why resets are literally my favorite. How was your day? Today,Continue reading “New Eyes”
A Bit of a Romantic
“The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.” -Anais Nin It’s so much better to romanticize your life. Finding ways to make miserable things have a bit of sparkle is what works. There’s a song from the original Mary Poppins titled A Spoonful of Sugar that taught me young how to doContinue reading “A Bit of a Romantic”
Latest Cellphone Game
I like to share what I’m playing on my cell phone to decompress. I still play My Oasis. I really do enjoy that game, but I needed to switch it up a little bit, so lately I’ve been playing Find It Out. It’s just like Where’s Waldo but digital. I do the same thing withContinue reading “Latest Cellphone Game”
Lets Move Beyond Traditional Definitions of Success
“It’s time to move away from the demands of others—and the definitions given to us by those others around success. By focusing on putting together the unique combination of things that provide fulfillment to create the perfect life that’s right for each individual, it is easier to put down the things that make our lifeContinue reading “Lets Move Beyond Traditional Definitions of Success”
Welcome to August
“Fulfilment in life is the realisation of our own personal meaning of life. By working towards something that is meaningful to us we end up feeling a sense of fulfilment.” -Matthew Gibson at Center for Emotional Education Yes, here we are. It’s August, and we get to spend August being intentional with our actions toContinue reading “Welcome to August”
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