inspirational blog
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Stop Trying to Be Relatable
Have you ever been hanging out with a group of people you only kind of know, so you’re trying your best to come off as someone completely normal and confident and witty and friendly and successful—in a completely casual way, of course—and then suddenly they start talking about something you know absolutely nothing about? You… Continue reading
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10 Life Hacks I Learned the Hard Way
If you are unfamiliar with the term “life hack”, Merriam Webster defines it as “a usually simple and clever tip or technique for accomplishing some familiar task more easily and efficiently.” In other words, they are the cheat codes for our every day lives provided to us by our innovative peers. Now, over the… Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Mom’s On Their Way
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed growing up with my mom, it’s that she always seems to be on her way somewhere. Whether it’s to work, to the store, to school, to one of our softball games, to the bank, back to school because someone forgot something, and then back home to cook dinner, go… Continue reading
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#ShoutYourStrong
Throughout our lives, possibly even multiple times a day, we will tell ourselves, “I can’t.” It’s too far, it’s too high, I’m too weak, I just can’t do it. Well, to put it lightly, we’re wrong, so wrong. The truth is, we can do anything, you can do anything. In today’s world, we are not… Continue reading
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How to: Road Trip
Have you ever watched one of those movies with an epic road trip and suddenly felt like there was piece of you missing that could only be discovered on the open road? Are you someone that, even with that deep seeded desire, has no idea where to start so you just hit the pine and… Continue reading
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Dear Thomas, Love the 2115’s
I’m going to be honest, it wasn’t easy hearing the news about your car accident. It was just a normal day, an ordinary Sunday afternoon, until suddenly it wasn’t. Suddenly there were phone calls and texts and articles online and they all seemed to say something, but not enough. They said you were okay, but… Continue reading
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I’m Not Strong “For A Girl”
“Sign here please,” said the man behind the counter. I took the pen he offered with a nod and scribbled my sorry excuse of a signature on the paper in front of me. Then, sticking my keys in my back pocket, I thanked him and reached for the package I came to pick up. “Here,… Continue reading
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Size Strong: Size is a Number, Strength is a Feeling
When I was in high school I—like most teenagers—was extremely self-conscious about my body. I didn’t have the same stick thin build as my friends, and when I saw the way that type of frame was admired, I felt like my own body type was, for lack of a better term: wrong. So, I convinced… Continue reading
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How Lucky Are We to Hate That?
I wake up with a stretch and yawn, only to find that my alarm didn’t go off and I’m now late to work. I hate that. I get dressed to go out to dinner and I spill makeup on myself and have to change. I hate that. I’m sitting in traffic and a guy in… Continue reading
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The Simplest Kind of Happy
“We have to go,” I say to my sister as I wait by the garage door. “Coming!” she shouts back from her room upstairs. It was a Thursday and, as always, we were running late to the bowling league we joined with our family. “Did you eat anything?” I ask as she comes down the… Continue reading
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