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I think, therefore I am (not necessarily)

I believe in positive reinforcement and mental motivation. I believe there is power in visualization and clear tangible goals. I believe they can all be accomplished with positive thinking. I know it works! I’ve seen it work! Lately, however, I find myself stuck in with a perspective that thinking is doing… That can not be farther from the truth!

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Why so serious?

It is so easy for me to get caught up on the next project or to get entirely overwhelmed by the every growing to-do lists I constantly make of myself that I constantly find myself forgetting to simply enjoy what I have already been given and achieved. I constantly have to remind myself that all this doing only ends up leaving me with the feeling that I’m missing something. From my experience, I am missing something. I forget to just have fun and enjoy life so frequently.

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The safety of vulnerability

I laughed when my best friend told me the name he had saved for me to blog on. I laughed because he knows me so well and has read and listened to my rambling scrambled thoughts and monologues over the years that only he could have come up with a name like that. It fits me so well that it makes me squirm like trying on a piece of clothing that fits you so well and makes you feel so darn good about yourself that you don’t even need to look at the price tag – you know that it will be outside of your price range – and then having someone say they are giving it to you. Free, for being who you are in their life.

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The Curse of Goals

Sometimes it feels like all of the goals and lists are just another example of my shortcomings. Even though I may make progress toward a goal or a few goals, sometimes it just feels like I’m stuck and I can’t seem to see or feel like I’m making any progress.

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