I've shied away from this calling for too long. Since I was a child, I've been drawn to the way language can create other worlds, how it transmits untold messages, and how it can become most anything at all. It's moldable and fluid. It was the hiding place I used to run to when other …
Continue reading The Get Honest Project: Rediscovering My Voice
When I was ten years old, I went to Six Flags and desperately wanted to ride one of the big roller coasters. I measured myself against one of the height charts outside of the ride, and got assurance from my parents that I was just tall enough to go. However, the attendant working the height …
Continue reading The Get Honest Project: The Root of the Intimidation
The past few years have proven to be quite transformative. I wish I could say I have a documentation through my writing, but as I say in today's YouTube video, I got silent. It was my choice, and how I wish I could go back and make a different one. But my only option now …
Well, these two months didn't quite go as planned...such is life, right? But even so, I think I accomplished a lot in these two months when it comes to my fitness journey, mostly in regard to learning what won't work for me. I think that it's super important to find the value in the "failure", …
Continue reading Falling in Love with Fitness: March/April 2019
The last couple of weeks have been c r a z y and I feel like I've been running in circles just trying to get everything done. I've been struggling with sleeping well as of late (more on that in a future post), so I've just been trying to get through the days doing what …
This post has been a long time coming, and of course, as I've written it's become something totally different than I'd originally imagined. And I'm excited about that. The unknown hasn't been looking so scary lately; in fact, it's been looking like somewhere I want to be more often. After all, they say that there's …
I wish I could say that I was a wiz when it comes to money, along with any and all financial decisions. The truth is, I'm still working all of that out, but I do know a thing or two about what it means to invest in something. Now, granted, I've never invested a large …
Picture this: a beautiful painting is hanging on a wall. The colors are just right and the scene is idyllic. It's an eye-catcher as soon as you walk into the room. But the frame is all wrong. It's too bulky and cumbersome. It weighs the painting down and overshadows its beauty. In order to maximize …
Continue reading I. Reframing My Mindset: Reading Can Be Bad
"Forever is composed of nows." ~ Emily Dickinson It's true, isn't it? Our lives aren't made up of long stretches of time that just keep expanding, but rather they are built upon fleeting moments that are over almost as soon as they begin. As a writer, I've learned to live for these small moments that …
Continue reading Writer’s Oasis: Making the Most of a Moment
