Let me ask you a question… When you look in the mirror, and I mean really take the time to focus on what you see inside and out, do you recognize the person staring back at you? If you haven’t taken a close look lately, or you tend to avoid…

Here’s the truth. — The crickets outside that bedroom window knew. I imagined them trying to warn me with their harmonious stridulating. The deafening sound of silence in that small room made them seem like they were the only living beings awake in the world other than me. I slept on my belly when…

I choose to believe. — Darkness. Not even a pin-sized ounce of light anywhere. Am I asleep? Silence, so loud it’s deafening. I try to scream, but nothing comes out. I look down, searching for my feet, but there’s nothing there to see. Infinite abyss. Unable to move. Unable to speak. Eternally alone. As a…

This is why you should stop and no, my mama didn’t tell me this. I have so much to get done! I need to update that spreadsheet, read that report, send that email, brainstorm a solution, write that draft, call the school, schedule that appointment and all of that doesn’t…

Nothing but myself. Lately, I‘ve spent more time focused on putting as many words on the page as I can. An iPad has been glued to my hand like an extra appendage during every waking moment. I only allow myself to release it once I have completed my writing goal…

And how to do it. — In just a little over a week from now, hundreds of thousands of writers worldwide will be taking part in one of the most significant writing events of the year; National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo). The goal is for each writer to write at least 50,000 words by the…

The mental weight on my shoulders was lifted for just one day — Like thousands of other people globally, I am quite literally addicted to social media, Facebook, especially. I spend far more of my time scrolling through feeds and debating politics with people during the day than I do anything else. It is my Achilles’ heel. Did you know that psychologists believe…

When you feel like the world is constantly screaming at you to go. — I have four paper planners, a digital planner, one notebook for nothing other than my list of things to do, and approximately six different planning or note-taking apps that I randomly jump back and forth between throughout the day. …

In this world, you’ve got to be your own knight in shining armor. — As young adults, our expectations of the world and the people around us are greatly shaped by our experiences growing up. …