inspirational blog
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Give Up Your Guilty Pleasures
When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I wanted to be liked and accepted and I thought the only way to achieve that was to like and accept the “right” things. Be it the clothes I should wear, the movies Continue reading
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2017 Goals Check-In
With the end of March also marking the end of the first quarter of the year, and with me having set a hefty list of goals for myself at the beginning of the year, I thought it was a good time to check-in on how I’m doing. (You can find the original post explaining these Continue reading
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The Reason “13 Reasons Why” is Important
On March 31st, Netflix released Thirteen Reasons Why, a series based off of the 2007 novel of the same name by Jay Asher. It follows Clay, a high school student who finds a box of cassette tapes on his doorstep one day. The seven double-sided tapes tell the story of why, two weeks prior, his Continue reading
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The Dog & the Fire Hydrant
While doing some research on clichés for my Valentine’s Day post a while back, I came across one that didn’t quite sit right with me: Sometimes you’re the dog; sometimes you’re the fire hydrant. It’s not that I didn’t get it, I just thought it left so little to the imagination. When I Googled it Continue reading
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My Journey (So Far) to Winning the Heisman
One of the goals I set for myself in 2017 is to run 1000 miles, and this past Sunday, I hit the 200-mile mark! Woo! You still have 800 to go, you know. Hey. Enough of that, negative brain. I’ve run 200 miles! HELL YEAH SHE HAS. Thank you, positive brain. This is an exciting Continue reading
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A Lesson in Courage from the Real Moana
My sister and I recently got around to seeing Disney’s Moana and, long story short, we’re obsessed. And while I could go on and on about pretty much every second of every minute of the entire film, quoting my favorite parts, gushing about my favorite characters and belting out every verse of my favorites songs, Continue reading
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31 Good Things that Happened in January (2017)
2016 seemed to be a rough year. Both globally, nationally, and, for millions, personally. So by the time December 31st came rolling around, just about everyone was ready to see it go up in flames. On January 1st however, as we rang in a new year with new possibilities, suddenly I saw an influx of Continue reading
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How to Feel Gorgeous
One of my favorite albums of 2016 was X Ambassadors’ VHS 2.0. I had been a fan of “Renegades” when it was released as a single in 2015, but didn’t hear the full album until its re-release in June the following year. My favorite song off the record is “Gorgeous.” Not only because it is impossible Continue reading
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Sometimes They Just Know (feat. My Sister)
My sister has always been good with kids. She has the patience and the kindness and the key voice change required to get them to both listen and understand you. When she was 16, she started working at a summer camp where she quickly became highly and widely adored by all. They called her, “Miss Continue reading
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How to Kill a Word
This past week as I was making a delivery for work, I was listening to Eric Church’s song, “Kill a Word.” In it he brings up a number of individual words, primarily those with negative connotations, and discusses his desire to destroy them. In the first verse he mentions: never, goodbye, regret, fear, lonely, and Continue reading
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