Christmas Eve Thoughts

I spent the day resting with my family and it made me realize I much I’ve been doing lately. It’s wild how work snowballs once you’re moving and meeting and zooming around town. It starts out with just a couple things, or a couple errands here and there, then a few weeks later you’ve drivenContinue reading “Christmas Eve Thoughts”

Use Your Writing to Grow

How can we change the world if we’re too busy worrying about what everyone is doing wrong? The key to success is monitoring ourselves. It’s not easy but it’s a valuable task. Before I started writing, I’m gunna be honest, I was critical. or some might say, judgey. I felt like I was minding myContinue reading “Use Your Writing to Grow”

Critical Thinking is Hard

There’s people out there that make sarcastic and belittling remarks by saying do you have a brain? But you know what, with everything we are bombarded with today, it’s hard to have a moment to ourselves to think about things. I like to think in my own quiet space. I like to think in groupsContinue reading “Critical Thinking is Hard”

Looking for Inspiration

Inspiration is everywhere they say. It’s in the way a leaf crunches under your feet. It’s in the way a strand of hair blows in the wind. But I’m gunna be honest, my tank is running low. I’m losing interest in blogging. I’m feeling blocked in as a mom and I feel like life justContinue reading “Looking for Inspiration”

They Think They Know

The world is full of people who think they know what’s better for you, but you know what’s best for you. You’ve fought yourself long enough. You don’t need to fight others too. You’ve trudged through murky spaces and up mountains many have yet to climb. Build your world with so much integrity and passionContinue reading “They Think They Know”

Until it Shifts

The art that comes out of me when I’m alone is much different from the art that comes out of me when I’m surrounded by people. The art the comes out of me when I’m rested is different from the art that comes out of me when I’m exhausted. I like to write in allContinue reading “Until it Shifts”

She Lied

Jayne.PressSep 28 · 1 min read A micro story about a girl who lied “I’m going to Venice,” she says. “I’m late for my flight.” Her empty palms show as she waves goodbye to her friends. She freezes for a moment to sip from her piping hot cup of coffee, then rushes off down the road. A fewContinue reading “She Lied”

What it Takes to be an Artist

Jayne.Press·3 min read Have you lost yourself in societal expectations? Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion, we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson taken from his essay titled Self-Reliance Have you lost yourself in societal expectations? Trying to meet the expectations of everyone aroundContinue reading “What it Takes to be an Artist”

Six Tips on How to Start Writing

Let’s write books !! There are people out there who write entire books. You say you wanna write. You say you have a great story with great ideas. There’s only one thing stopping you from getting a great story from inside your head and onto paper. The only thing stopping you is you. That’s noContinue reading “Six Tips on How to Start Writing”

To Live

Let’s Discuss There are a few different things that come to mind when we think about what it means to live. There’s the idea that we are walking, talking, breathing human beings that eat, sleep, and poop. Then there is the choice to live. To wake up and do more than just survive. This mindset looks like, tasting new things, goingContinue reading “To Live”