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…
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…
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
