Development tools for a better you
My two friends and I have created this system where when any one of us feels overwhelmed with something going on in our lives, or just has something a little more repetitively in her thoughts than other things, we open up to the other two about it and have a sort of “venting session“. It’s interesting, […]
I have a friend that dreads his birthday. Yup, his OWN birthday. In the 12 years that I have known him, I have watched him go from being completely elated and excited about celebrating his birthday, to being completely withdrawn and melancholy about it. And it’s not for the reason you may think (the reason I […]
Life often picks the most inconvenient times to throw curve balls at us… or, at least it can definitely feel that way. But, that may be because we avoid doing something really important in times when things seem to be working against us… “Okay… so what is that important thing?”, you may be […]
As I have mentioned in past blog posts, one of my favorite pass times is looking up old quotes, and of course, finding new ones. It’s so amazing to me how someone else’s own thoughts, own words, and own feelings can so closely resemble my own. The most fascinating part of this phenomenon is that […]
More often than not, many of us get caught up in the idea of happiness as a destination. But, in reality, it’s the whole experience and journey of life that is happiness. Viewing happiness as a destination is like chasing waterfalls; you’re never going to obtain it; because happiness isn’t a place… it’s a state of […]
One of the most common pieces of advice that you will hear from others is to make sure you do things for yourself. Put yourself first. Make yourself your “number one priority”. Because, if you do not take the best care of yourself, how can you properly aid others? For instance, if you have a […]
Sometimes really horrible things can happen to us; and, although it is normal and okay to be upset about these occurrences, there are ways to move forward from them. The greatest aspect of imploring these methods, is that over time they can become extremely beneficial for your everyday life. Allow me to expand on this theory… So, […]
I’m sure that each and every one of us has insecurities; we are typically our own toughest critics, after all. But when a “flaw” you see in yourself becomes an obsession, that’s when we may want to take a step back and really analyze what’s going on. Why does that thing about who […]
I read an interesting blog the other day, Our Lives Are Measured in Love, Not Numbers, by Katie Jenson. This blogger focused on the concept of living your life through numbers. And no, I don’t mean this in the sense of becoming a mathematician or math teacher; I mean it in the sense of quantifying every […]
It’s pretty much universally accepted that it’s human nature to want to others to value or accept us, right? Even for those of us who generally just do whatever makes us happy for ourselves, we still hope that we can count on those close to us to accept us 100% for who we are. […]
