I’ve been thinking a lot about next year and what I want to do and who I want to be. I wrote a bunch of goals in my previous post because I wanted to get them out of my head, though most importantly, I want to complete those goals too. But I suck at keeping to goals, so I’m going to set intentions. I don’t believe in making resolutions but…
unraveling
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the purpose of life
Read moreI recently came home from my first solo trip abroad. At first, I didn’t think I gained anything from it but the mere courage I gained from simply going off on my own, but after coming home, I realized that I learned so much more. On my flight home I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and two things resonated with me. The first was the motto to Life: To see the…
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the quality of a friend
Read moreIf there was one bit of advice that my mother gave me when I was younger that has resonated within me for years it’s that you only ever need just one good friend in your life. Just one. And I guess I have lived my life by that rule. Since I was a kid I was always alone. I wasn’t a loner, but I didn’t have many friends. Sure in…
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because it came out perfect
Read moreI took this photo today because I needed a new photo for my new “about me” page. I used this photo as a placeholder, because I always use it as an icon for various sites and have always loved the look. I was really close to just leaving it as the picture for the page, but I thought against it. It’s my about me page, so the picture should be…
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how fictional characters have shaped my life
Read more“I don’t know where people got the idea that characters in books are supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of creating merely likable characters with whom you can have some simple identification. Books are in the business of creating great stories that make your brain go all like ahhbdgbdmerhbergurhbudgerbudbaaah.” ― John Green I’m just coming off one of my most emotional reads since TFiOS—The Darkest Minds series…
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what i know now
Read moreI’ve been a bit down lately. I never know exactly why, I just go with it until it blows over. And it almost always does, only to come back the next month. I’m starting to think it may be hormonal. But regardless. It always has me thinking of all the things I haven’t yet done. I suppose, when you feel down, you feel down. You start to think of all…