Whenever something happens; good or bad, I am a firm believer that it has a reason. Call me superstitious, but that is how I’ve always chosen to believe. When the stars align and things fall in place, I believe that there is a reason that those things were meant to fall in place for me…
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Striving to be Better for Those Who Look up to Me
Q: Do I see myself as successful? I don’t really define success by the way others view my accomplishments; but more-so how I feel about what I have accomplished. At the beginning of this year, I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish. I made promises to myself about the type of woman…
Ones You Can Depend On, and The One who Can Depend on You
Q: Am I reliable? How so or how not so? Do you know a person that immediately comes to mind that you know you can rely on when times are hard and you need someone in your corner? I have a few people that I hold dear to my heart that are the most reliable…
Self-Care Sunday: Making Lemonade
This may sound kind of crazy, but I want to touch on how making life’s lemons into lemonade can be a form of self-care; or at least how we need to start living life with this mentality. How many of us stress about how life isn’t perfect? *raises hand in shame* exactly, me too! As…
If I Knew Now, What I Knew Then….
What do I regret? How can I deal with this? I’ve actually been thinking about this question for a while now; I even skipped it and came back to it, and I still really don’t have an answer. I don’t really have anything I regret in life; and that’s really how I choose to live,…
Self-Care Sunday: Phone Fasting
Sometimes we spend more time in our phones than we think. I know I’ve procrastinated my way through hours just scrolling through social media looking at the latest news and/or gossip, or checking an email that has caused me to lose hours working on one task. All of these things happen when my intention was…
Good Friends or Bad Friends; Which One are You?
So, im still on my #50Days50Questions journey, and I came across a question that I felt compelled to discuss, since it has become somewhat of a hot topic in my life currently. Here is the question. Am I a good friend? How so or not so? I could be lying to myself; however, I feel…
‘Tis Better to Give than Receive
Am I a giver or a taker? I am definitely more of a giver than a taker. In most instances, I give entirely too much, rather than taking what I deserve. I think I’m most cases, we tend to find ourselves giving more than taking. We don’t want to appear selfish, so we give and…
Are you Courageous Enough to Live Freely?
Oftentimes, we have these amazing goals and visions for ourselves. We have vision boards, detail-oriented plans and explanations on how to make these goals a reality and we have the ability and the opportunity to make these things happen. The question is; do you have the courage to step out and live freely in those…
Be Mindful of the Energy you Put Into How Others Think of You
Do I care about what others are thinking about me? The short answer is this: NO. When I was younger, I was very self-conscious and was very concerned with how others perceived me and what people thought of me. I have always tried to be a good person and a good friend to everyone I…