When first writing about pain in my personal journal, I was not sure where God was taking me with this particular piece, especially with the start of the new year. I wanted to do something fun, but He asked me to do something meaningful, reflective, and thought-inducing (not my word, His). At the time, I …
Life Lessons: 10 things I learned from being a Perfectionist.
Hey guys! Welcome back to this month’s installment of Life Lessons. First, I definitely wanna apologize to everyone for missing the month of September. September was an unusual month for me this year and I didn't make time to write for the very reason of this months life lesson: I wanted everything to perfect. After …
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Life Lessons: What I learned from running
Hey guys! Welcome back to this month's installment of life lessons! This month I am focusing on running. Yes, the exercise; running. Running on the treadmill was an exercise that I absolutely HATED. I hated running since grade school because it was hard, I would be breathless, AND, I was the slowest runner in my …
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Token of Faith
Have you ever received a token? A token of affection? A token that is near and dear to your heart? Maybe you received a token that was for bus fare, or, have them saved from not being able to play all the fun games at Chuck E. Cheese, like myself lol. But have you ever …
Renting Out
For the past month or so, I have been planning and preparing to rent out an apartment. I have been wanting my own living space for a while now, but now, I am finally in a space of financially supporting myself enough to make that happen. Now, I realize that when renting an apartment, it …
If someone were to find this…
... just know that I am going through another depressive episode. Just when I think I am out; I get sucked back in. Not sure if I will ever come out of this cycle; not sure if it will ever end. I just want to survive this and overcome this. I just want to be …
Living in Old Spaces
As the New Year inches closer, I am starting to think about what I would like to leave in the old. One of those things I would like to leave behind is my childhood home. Like most people, my childhood home was a memorable and significant place. Not only because that is where I grew …
2017: The year of No
Recently, I have started to reflect on this year and it has been surprising, to say the least. I had no expectation as to how this year would go; There was no physical vision board; No plan; Barely any goals, except the simplistic ones (aka getting good grades in my courses and losing weight); I …
