This year I have been reading a lot of books. It is one of my goals to become more positive and focus a lot more on mindfulness. One of the books I just recently finished is Loving My Actual Life. It made me consider what I could do to practice loving my present life. BasicallyRead More
11 Lessons My Mom Taught Me Over The Years
It’s no secret that moms are great, but I think mine is especially amazing. There are few women I know who could raise three children on their own while working full time as well as my mom did. I’ve always appreciated her but as I get older I become even more thankful for all thatRead More
7 Lessons I Learned In 2017
As this year comes to an end, I thought it would be fun to reflect on the lessons I learned over the last twelve months. 2017 was a year full of triumphs and tribulations, but in the end, I am grateful. That’s not to say that in some moments I wished the year would justRead More
Personal Soul Searching + How You Can Develop Personal Growth
This week I have been doing a lot of soul searching. It really got me thinking. I started my blog as an outlet for me to work through things in my life, but also as a way to help others going through the same things as me. However, I feel as though I have rarelyRead More
Mental Health In College: It’s Okay To Say No!
When I started this blog, navigating the honest struggles of life was extremely difficult for me. I had just moved back home and was working to rediscover who I was. I wanted to create a platform that I could reach others who were dealing with the same things. As young adults, there are so manyRead More
The “I’m Fine, Just Tired” Lie We Tell People
I want to get really real for a couple minutes. This week in my Psychology and Christianity class, we were having a debate on whether or not we thought that metal illness was the same as physical illness. In fact, the exact statement we were debating was: “Mental disease is no different [from] bodily disease,Read More
7 Things to Do When You’re Lost or Lonely
It was a little over six months ago that I moved back home. I transferred schools thinking that everything would be soooo much better and I’d be happier when I got back. Except that’s not what happened. After my Freshman year of college I decided that the major I was in wasn’t for me. The problemRead More