I go through great lengths to keep a positive attitude every day, but some days I'm stank. Just in a funk. Usually it's because I'm mentally exhausted or, as an empathy sponge (an empath), I've soaked up my limit of other people's ish. On those bad days I like to be to by myself. Alone…
Continue reading ➞ Burning sage turns my bad days into good ones
Affirmations are life changing! Or at least, situation changing... They can shift your mind frame from "everything sucks" to "I got this!" so I start my day with them every morning to boost my confidence and make the day a great one. I either listen to self-affirmations through audio or I read the affirmations I've…
Continue reading ➞ 22 daily self-love affirmations that can change your mindset
Moving to a new city is stressful, even more so when you do it alone. I've heard people say "you can reinvent yourself" or "you get a clean slate" but for me, I want to be the same person wherever I go. To me, having a clean slate means having to start all over again…
Continue reading ➞ The joys and pains of moving to a new city alone
We got there on a wing and a prayer let me tell you! I was living in Wilmington, North Carolina a town 6 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The only thing more scarce here than men is a good one, here’s how it went down! So it’s almost midnight and we’re talking on the phone,…
Continue reading ➞ How the best date I ever went on was at Popeyes
For so long my smile has been my insecurity. It's not straight, it's not perfect. I had a guy tell me he'd be with me if it was straight and perfect. You know when you're breaking up and you yell all the bad things you've been holding on to. I wore braces from 8th grade…
Continue reading ➞ Michelle Obama’s smile helped me accept mine
In a city full of 1,626,078 people only 108,846 are Black or African American. In the county, Maricopa, where all major cities including Phoenix settle in there's 4.24 million people and only 221,266 are Black or African American. I spent 30 years of my life growing up in Atlanta, a city that's full of 486,290…
Continue reading ➞ How being black in Phoenix made me love my culture more
I woke up this morning, sat on the wooden stool on the back porch of my house and just watched the rain fall. It rarely rains in Arizona, outside of monsoon season. The temperature has dropped to a perfect 57 degrees. Cold water filled my chest as I crunched on a piece of ice. No…
Continue reading ➞ Rain is rare in Phoenix, enjoy it while you can
