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…
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…I Will Continue to Bloom
A journal prompt led me to write this post today, because my feelings were somewhat in line with it as well. There are many days when I feel like all hope is lost in my quest to maintain my optimism. I generally try to maintain a level of positivity about my day; especially with the…
Self-Care Sunday: Managing the Stress Levels
Here’s something that I know we all can agree we’ve dealt with at least on a daily basis in one way or another: STRESS. I honestly couldn’t have written this post at a more critical time in my life, because my stress levels have been higher than usual lately. Whether it be from everyday life circumstances, job-related…
#50Days50Questions: Dreams and Goals
What are my goals and dreams? Run my own publishing company Become a full time writer Be featured in a magazine or on another blog Continue to publish I don’t share my dreams often, because sometimes they feel too outlandish to be accomplished. Also, right now, I’m in a position where a young thug has…
Self-Care Sunday: Free for All!
Today I didn’t have a specific highlight for Self-Care Sunday, but I wanted to reflect on how hectic my week has been and how important self-care will be for me today. I’ve had stress, tension and all kinds of emotions coming at me from every direction this week, and it’s caused me to neglect some…
How to Push Past Your Comfort Zone
So far this year, there has been a lot of discomfort in my transition into 30. There was going to be a lot of things I told myself I would do that I normally wouldn’t have ever done. One of the main reasons I chose to do this cruel thing to myself was because as one gets older,…
#50Days50Questions: Blessed
Do I feel blessed? How and why or why not? Definitely. This question seems so simple, yet I know it can be a difficult thing to keep in perspective at times. Even on the days when I seem to feel like nothing is going my way, I try to remember why I’ve been blessed to…
Who’s Approval Do You Seek?
There are times when I have to check in with myself, just to make sure that I am continuing to keep pushing towards achieving the goals I have set out for myself; but more importantly, make sure that I am not shifting into the mindset of doing things out of the validation of others, instead…
#50Days50Questions: It’s Time I Stopped Running
I recently reblogged a post I found on a fellow blogger, As Told by Sid‘s website that highlights 50 questions to ask yourself towards self-discovery. I kind of adapted the same mindset as she did; challenge accepted! Lol. I figured this may be an interesting quest, and since I told myself that the summer was…
An Affirmation. A Word.
This was a powerful thing for me to post, because even when I try to make myself out to be a strong individual, sometimes, my weakness is my insecurity and self-doubt. This year, I downloaded an app that sends me an affirmation everyday. I try to look at it everyday, and save ones that mean…
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