My journey to self-love isn't complete without my first love, music. I was driving in the car the other day and discovered something amazing. Instead of singing the song TO someone else, I flipped the lyrics to sing about myself. This comes in handy especially with love songs. We all don't have someone to dedicate…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Love songs you should listen to in first person
My whole life I've had to answer the question: "Do you smile all the time?" and the answer is yes. I am generally a happy person. When people find out I spent years homeless and the abuse that got me there, they then ask me "how are you so happy?" Being happy, bubbly and positive…
In a world full of FOMO and quotes like "grind never stops" I turned it all off. FOMO is Fear of Missing Out, if you didn't know, it's an actual thing. In the dictionary it's defined as "anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on…
Continue reading ➞ I didn’t leave my room for 5 days, here’s what I learned
The days of waiting for others is over! You know you can go out by yourself right? 8 times out of 10 when people want to hang out I'm secretly hoping they decide to cancel plans. But the occasion I want to go out and dance or have a drink, everyone is busy. This was…
It's not going to be easy, but it's going to be worth it. Being single and happy is work. Especially in a world where love and relationships seem to be the ultimate goal in life. The hours you spend scrolling on social media every day there are photos of couples, quotes about love, thirst traps,…
You ever have those nights were you're thinking about something and you can't go to sleep because of it? You fall asleep for what seems like a minute, and wake up thinking about the same thing again. That was me, the night I wrote my piece about grieving the mother I'll never have. (Read it…
Continue reading ➞ Thank you for understanding: Grieving the mom I’ll never have
This will be my first full year without my mom. She's around, somewhere living her best life. I'm trying to do the same, but I have to do it without her. Mother/daughter relationships can be complex. They go through phases. As a teen, mom knows nothing, as a adult you find out mom was always…
