Fashioning an inspired life
Ever since I was a kid, the days following Christmas left me in a slump. The winter blues come on strong when all of the excitement and togetherness of Christmas suddenly leave you as fast as the air in a popped balloon. And though my life is far from the same as it was last year, this year is just like all the rest in…
Sometimes you aren’t who you used to be anymore. It can be a physical change. You take a look in a mirror and see a layer of fat that wasn’t there before. You start to wonder. What’s happened to me? Have I let myself go? How did this creep up? You get a leaden feeling in your stomach. You start to admonish yourself for getting…
Today is my birthday! So you know what that means…cake! And for me, coffee and cake, because I can’t have one without the other. Since I wasn’t born too far from this next coffee and cake spot, I deem it the perfect one to highlight on my day of birth. Last week, I was back home in Columbus, Ohio and was thrilled to check out this new…
A few months ago, I was going through a tough time, and I grasped for one of my closest friends for comfort who I knew could relate to what I was going through. I asked her what she does to quell the sad feelings and emerge from the despair of damaging and hopeless thoughts. Her reply blossomed into a guest post that I’m happy to…
Sometimes things creep up on you. Like dust on a table that is invisible, until it isn’t. Until you turn around and think, “Damn, I should really clean that table.” Those “bam” moments hit you like a brick bag full of the things you always knew existed but somehow forgot to give importance. I had that moment the other day. But the beautiful thing about this moment wasn’t…
Internal dialogue can be damaging, or at least in my case it can. I told myself not to give up, to keep pushing through, be more positive, try harder. You can do it! The pointless motivational words were like throwing glitter on a dumpster, it might brighten the situation for a moment, but underneath the shit still stinks. In a moment of clarity (made possible by many…