If you’re on TikTok, you might see this trend making its way around about how none of us have ever had an original thought. There is always going to be someone else who is thinking the same weird shit you’re thinking. And that’s exactly where I heard the phrase destination happiness. “It's the notion of…
I distinctly remember the beginning of the end of my relationship with food around 6th grade. As a child, I was stick thin. My dad used to put his hands around my waist and connect his fingers together all through elementary school. He didn't do it in a malicious way, just having fun and showing…
"Love yourself as much as you want to be loved" - the first time I read this quote, I thought it was so beautiful and so true. Self love is so important. But when I looked at it again, I realized what a challenge that could be. Everyone wants a big love. I don't care…
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I think big picture in the way that I can't wait to reach that big picture. I get overly excited about the future, about the things to come, so much so that I don't really live in the present. I think big picture, but I don't think of all the little pieces I need to…
We often stop and think to ourselves about how stressed out we are. How tired we are. How we could just use a day off. But we never really stop and think that we need all of those things because we've stopped taking care of ourselves. We just think that it's been a busy week,…
There are a lot of things that happen to me that I can't just let roll of my back. But I wish I could. Some people are so good at that. Things happen, they take it in, and they move on. But not me, I carry it with me forever. I once overheard a coworker…
When I was promoted two years ago, I felt a lot of pressure to be confident, in charge, and to show what I knew. A lot of the time my assertiveness ended up coming off as aggressive and negative. I was still learning how to be comfortable in a new role and I now know…
I don't really believe in starting off the New Year with insane health goals. But I do believe in the excitement around a new time that can motivate you to be healthier and be a better you. I would never push for crazy diets or starting to overdo it on your work outs, but I…
My attention span has never been good. I had a hard time concentrating in long classes and lectures and long trainings and work calls would have me zoning out. But in the past 3 years it’s gotten increasingly worse. With the TL;DR culture, tweets in 280 words or less, TikToks in under a minute -…
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We're all perfectionists - there are different degrees - but we all want to be some sort of perfect. We want to look like the girl in the magazine, have a relationship like the one in the movies, excel at our jobs like a millionaire, or be the perfect family member like we see our…
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