Let’s Get it Started! 

Welcome 2017!! Since my 2016 list of goals were pretty reasonably met (see post for details), I decided to expand on that and prepare a list of goals for 2017.  Now that we are 2 days into the new year, I have spent more time reflecting on what goals I would like to accomplish for…

Celebrating the Journey: 2016 Recap 

I think we can all agree that for the most part, 2016 had some pretty rough patches, lol. The important thing is I came out of it with my health and sanity in tact; so first, let’s toast to that!  As I prepare to close out this year, I am sitting back and reminiscing on…

Loving Yourself Gets Hard, and That’s Ok.

Today, I was faced with an emotion that I haven’t felt in a long time;  I wasn’t happy with myself.  I was having a pretty bad day and beating myself up about it.  I hadn’t felt this way in a long time; in fact, I had been in surprisingly great spirits lately about a number…

Happiness Isn’t Constant: A Realization

Recently, I had a sort of epiphany about life, and I feel like it’s going to change my quality of life in an amazing way.  I have come to realize that it is ok to tell someone you are unhappy; because happiness isn’t constant.  Once I adopted that mantra into my daily living, I have…

Loyalty: The Gift We Give Too Easily. 

  While I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, The Friend Zone, I heard a really deep question that had to make me think for a while today.  The topic of discussion was around loyalty and this question really resonated with me on many levels.  I decided to gather my thoughts and write my own…

Food for Thought..

Everyone has clouds. Some darker than others; But never be the cause of why someone’s cloud gets darker.

My Review of OITNB Season 4

**Spoiler Alert: Do Not Read if you have not watched Season 4** I finished watching season 4 of Orange is the New Black about a couple weeks ago…and I’ve finally gotten around to rendering my opinion on the season…I have one word: Whoa.

A Year Later: Have I lived, or still existed?

About a year ago, I wrote this post titled, Living vs. Existing, (click the link here to check it out), that discussed the difference that it meant to me, and my personal analysis on how I felt my life was going. This question still remains to be one that I ask myself often, and I take…