Ego Tripping in Year 34
Another B(ri)’Day loading, 34 in five days. Last year I realized the year I am turning is the year I’m currently in. This is...
Just Do It: Showcase Edition
I embody the broken record with my pre-performance cycle. Sign up, uncertainty slides in, consider dropping out, ultimately pull through. Anxiety and I doing...
‘Inside Out 2’: The Candy Colored Tear Jerker
The folks at Pixar done did it again. Inside Out (2015) served as entertainment on a flight back home from Puerto Rico in 2016. It was...
Musings of a Maker
Maker. Creator. Artist. Comforting words that encompass an identity. An identity I didn’t feel worthy of. Words for a piece of me that I...
Breaking Out of My Own Mind
The mind, what a powerful and mysterious tool. We reason, create, dream, and question with it. Our personalities call it home. Tracee Ellis Ross...
Summertime is the Right Time
Summer is officially here!! I vow to do better than I did last year. Last summer if it wasn’t wedding or sorority related, I...
It’s My House, I Live Here
When I’m upset and at my wit’s end, I want to make drastic changes. Feeling trapped because you made bad choices and stayed where...
Talk to Me Nice
Kindness toward myself is a long-fought battle. I’m a procrastinating perfectionist in recovery. Not the most nurturing internal environment. Therapy and journaling have made...
Everyone Needs a Journal
I’ve kept a journal for most of my life. I bought them at the Scholastic Book Fair or Borders (RIP to an excellent bookstore)....
Go See the Lady
My five-year therapy anniversary is in August. When I started, I was in a desolate place. Running on shame, fear, and self-loathing with a...