I went through some very interesting circumstances this year; some that I’ve never been through before, some even that I have barely been ok enough to talk about. I wasn’t always being 100% for the important people in my life. I wasn’t present for a lot of people I love this year. I wasn’t present…
Tag: work
Take On Life’s Responsibilities One Moment at a Time
We all do this; we tend to believe we have eyes in the backs of our heads, multiple arms and legs, superpowers, the ability to correct the past, right all the wrongs and predict the future all at one time. We want to be able to change the world for the ones we love when…
Turning Your Passion into Your Priority
How many times do we go through life noting how many things we look at as something we are passionate about, but never take the steps to make them something we will put forth 100% effort? There is always something we have dedicated to naming a “passion”, or a desire to become an expert at,…
Self-Care Sunday: Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail
For 2018’s first segment of Self-Care Sunday, we will be highlighting the topic of planning. Last year (a couple of weeks ago to be exact), I wrote about planning out my 2018 year for writing (you can read about it here). In this post, i outlined the importance of planning your writing out in advance…
Would You Rather Win with the Team or on Your Own?: Collaboration vs. Competition
In the African American community, it is so common to see so many people excel in different business ventures and entrepreneurial endeavors that they have branched out on and it makes me wonder to myself, is it possible that people can achieve satisfaction from collaborating with their peers, as opposed to being in competition with…
A Look Beyond the Titles
Mother. Wife. Supervisor. Employee. Provider. There are so many times when women who fall into these categories are defined by these words. We are characterized, classified and described with these words and at times, our identity and worth is sometimes only valued based on these things. For five years, I have had the pleausre of…
A Disruption in the Force…
There’s been a disruption in the force, and it’s messing with all that is right and normal in my world.
Social Work: Helping Others Turn the Page
I never thought I would write about my job. I always keep my career separate from my writing (don’t ask me why). Maybe because I have always worked for state agencies, and it’s pretty taboo to talk about your “state job” on the Internet, so I’ve always chosen to keep it private; I don’t really…
The Ultimate Career Hacks According to Me
“You are you and that is your power. What separates you in this world is your major key, not what makes you like everyone else.” What I love most about my career is that it’s ever… Source: The Ultimate Career Hacks According to Me
Back Burner Blues
Have you ever noticed how hard you work for the ones you love; so hard that sometimes you don’t put that same energy into yourself? This is a disease I like to call “putting yourself on the back burner.” I remember seeing my mom do it several times with my sister and I growing up;…
Write, Live and Love 