If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. This doesn't apply to failing relationships, so stop trying and trying again when you already know it's not going to work out. I'm completely guilty of double, triple, quadruple thinking my decisions especially when it comes to relationships. After ending something I often wonder if…
Tag: feelings
Having Faith
The world is filled with cynicism and pessimism. The news mostly shows depressing wars abroad or even in our own country. Our generation is consistently put down for not being good enough. Everyone makes the future look so bleak. It's easy to just adopt that attitude. To look at things with a half-empty glass point…
Being Second Best
Who doesn't like to win? We are wired to be the best we can be and it's a very disrupting feeling to know you're coming in second to someone - especially in relationships. It's a hookup culture, we know that a lot of people are hooking up with more than one person at a time.…
Were You Really In Love With Your First Love?
Your first love more often than not leads to your first heartbreak. It’s a hard lesson most of us have to learn, but in the end it’s for the better. Initially, I blamed my ex. Called him every name in the book, drunk dialed too many times to count, cried like the world was ending,…
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How An Introvert Flirts
Introvert (noun): Introverts tend to be preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings and minimize their contact with other people. It's not always easy to spot an introvert, because every once in a while they poke their heads from their shells and rejoin society. They act like going out in a crowd of people is a…
The One Who Makes You Backslide
Republished from 6/15/15 There are plenty of fish in the sea, but chances are you are already on someone's hook. We all have that one person who lives deep in the cracks of our pushed-away memories. It's the person that hurt us badly, but we still love. It's the person who will always cause us…
“I Don’t Know” Isn’t An Answer
Republished from 5/21/15 I want to start living a more definite life. I don't know's, maybe's, possibly's and eventually's just aren't cutting it anymore. The questions that come up in life can't be answered with an "I don't know." That is our way of avoiding the question and putting off making an actual decision. My…
Why Your Best Friends Are Your Actual Soulmates
Republished from 6/16/15 How many times have we heard the Sex and the City quote: “Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates and guys are just people to have fun with.” It really couldn’t be more true. I spent a large part of my young life in a relationship that I used to replace friendships. My high school friends weren’t…
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To Those Who Self Sabotage
Republished from 5/31/15 In most cases, you are your own worst enemy. Someone who self sabotages knows what they want and have all the means to get it. For instance, they are on their way into a great relationship and actively do something so that relationship never begins. Usually they do this because something in…
Stop Hating Your Ex
Republished from 5/19/15 Not right this second - but think about it. Hate is the easiest emotion to come across when you've been hurt. It's the only way to truly feel towards someone who just crushed everything you believed in for so long. When someone initially cheats on you, breaks up with you, or wrongs…