Sometimes inspiration strikes me to write during the weirdest of times. So when it does, I whip out my phone and type in my notes the minute I have a chance. Well, reporting live from me typing frantically from my notes. This is inspired by a date I had. *No I’m not going to review … More In the words of the Backstreet Boys: quit playing games
Sometimes, life gets you down. If you’re a 20-something like me, who thinks it’s the end of the world when I screw up or things don’t go according to plan, it happens more often than we’d like to admit. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 25 years on this planet (which yes, I … More What I learned from screwing up
Being a recovering Type-A perfectionist, most of my actions are fairly calculated. By Monday, I pretty much know what my week is going to look like. My schedule is color-coded on both my personal and work calendar. I don’t like surprises or chaos. However, I’m a walking contradiction. (#GeminiProbs). Because I love spontaneity. I’ve found … More Why you should practice calculated spontaneity
So Will Smith is kind of a YouTuber now. Yeah, you heard that right. Will Smith’s YouTube page is popping off currently. He’s at 3.5 million subscribers. His Instagram has some gems as well if you want to give him a follow. But don’t worry, he already has over 22.5 million followers after getting the … More How Will Smith taught me how to reject fear and commit
I see this question posted a lot online randomly: “Are you more focused on the past, the present or the future?” For a while, I always felt like I was a little more focused on the past than I would’ve liked to be. But once I started getting real with myself, I realized I don’t … More Learning to laugh without fear of the future
I think, unfortunately, a lot of people are in denial about who they truly are and most importantly, how that may be reflected to the outside world. Self-awareness was one of the major reasons why my 24th year ended up being one of my healthiest and happiest. Honing this trait was also one of the … More Know Yourself – Drake (also me)
After I turned 21, I thought to myself “well, I guess now birthdays won’t really matter until I’m 30.” As my friends and I started approaching 25—my birthday is this weekend— I think we all realized the significance of this birthday in particular. I mean technically, it is a milestone. It’s a quarter of a … More 30 is NOT the new 20.
Hello I’m back! There was a lot about blogging that I really seriously did NOT like. I hated feeling inauthentic in Instagram posts or sharing sponsored content #ad. I hated the pressure to post certain things at certain times, get a certain number of followers, etc. I was annoyed with people who attempted to call … More Finding your purpose & living your values
From Kasia. Check out her lovely blog, Ampersand, if you haven’t already and give her a follow on Instagram @ampersand_blog. When I turned 25, I got really nostalgic for high school. It was weird—I don’t usually get nostalgic over high school anymore. It’s not that I didn’t have a great time in high school (I … More We never really let go of our 15-year-old self. They’re always with us.
Alright guys, let’s get really honest here. So I started going to therapy soon after graduating college. Simply because I didn’t know how to deal with my own feelings and thoughts. It took me a bit to figure out that there’s no shame in that. I was upset all the time; I constantly felt out of control … More Don’t should yourself.
