Category: Personal
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Another Birthday and What I’m Looking Into for Fall
It has been a marvelous 5 days, but today marks my return to work. My birthday was Thursday (hello 33) so I took a couple days off (plus the holiday made 5). I’m usually really excited about my birthday and make plans to do something special, but the way this year started and the way…
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A New Month and Struggling with Self-Doubt
You ever wish there was a pill you could swallow and your whole life would magically morph into what you’ve always imagined it should be? Yea, me too. The thing about our imaginations, though, is that they are never as good as the best possible outcome, so creating the life we imagine is actually quite…
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What Did I Write This Month?
8 blog posts (including this one) 11 journal entries 1 million words worth of work-related cover letters, applications, emails, texts, and notes 1/2 of a short story and a sprinkling of texts to friends and family so they know I’m still alive. This month has been a bit of a challenge mentally, which is ironic…
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How My Mom Inspires Me
I wanted to execute a special brunch for my mom for Mother’s Day, but she had to work Sunday. For the previous two years, my cousins and I had done a themed Mother’s Day Brunch for our moms together, but I wanted to do something specifically for my mom and I. Because she had to…
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Write Anyway
I didn’t think I had anything to say this morning. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting my posts done early so I could get other things done around the house, but this week I didn’t know what to write. This morning, though I still didn’t know what I would say, a reminder…