I know you’ve heard the saying that you spend your 30’s cleaning up the mess of your 20’s. In your 20s you’re trying to figure out how to become an adult, have a social life, keep up with bills, kids, and just overall life because you haven’t got it figured out yet. Then supposedly, something “magical” happens at 30 and… Read More
why having a dream is not enough
Unfortunately I feel we live in a time where people often dream of all the things that they want in life but negate the hard work, sweat, and tears it MAY take to get there. As a senior teacher, I hear my students talk about their dreams after high school. They often talk about starting businesses, beginning Youtube channels ,… Read More
why you should decide to make life’s lemons into lemonade
Growing up I always heard my mother say, “ It’s not your fault but It is your problem”. She would often say this when people would blame their current situation on their childhood, other people’s action, or just life getting them down. This is a hard pill to swallow for most because you have to deal with the fact of… Read More
how i overcame wanting to be accepted
We live in a world where we oftentimes look for others’ acceptance of the choices we decide to make. We upload photos waiting for our first like or comment, ask everyone around us about decisions we should make, and are oftentimes disappointed and hurt by how others choose to or do not choose to respond to our issues in life…. Read More
why i failed in the first week of the new year
I had every intention of starting off the New Year right. I made up in my mind that when the clock striked 12:00 am on January 1st, that all the goals that I set for the New Year were already mine. Then the next day passed, then the next and the next. By the time Sunday came I hadn’t started… Read More
why i’ve embraced new year better me
We say NEW YEAR NEW ME but what are we really saying? Are we saying that 2019 did us dirty? Are we trying to get rid of and forget all the horrible, traumatic things that happened in the previous year? When I said NEW YEAR NEW ME at one point in time, I literally meant changing who I was to… Read More