For the longest time, I thought it was my circus, my monkeys. I simply assumed things about myself without stopping to rationalize or think. Emotional baggage was an alien concept. Maybe it was the circumstances, or maybe it was how convincing people were. After all, when we grow up with people…
Posts tagged as “letting go”
Everyone goes through tough moments, but sometimes those moments don’t feel like they’ll ever end. The weight of problems, big or small, can stack up until even simple things—getting out of bed, answering a text, going to school or work—feel like too much. It can be confusing and overwhelming to carry…
“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” ~ Marie Kondo Marie Kondo is an organization expert. Her mission, in part, is to bring order to people’s lives by helping them let go of the…
Did you know what one of the biggest challenges you’ll face in striving for self-improvement and becoming a stronger person is? It is having to let go of people whose influence makes you weak. People who drag you down. This is the hardest to do when we’re young because our social…
In life, we constantly face stressful situations. Right now, even as I adjust the halo around my head feeling super-proud of myself for posting on five blogs for three days in a row (that’s 15 posts, people, and includes the writing, formatting, stressing over images and creating pins and whatnot)—I am…
It must be true what is said about wisdom coming with age. I too have my moments. As the years have progressed, I’ve realized that it no longer matters to me whether my opinion is greater than someone else’s or whether I remember something better than someone. I am fine with…
I know I am a day late for my Wednesday Wisdom series post, but I am traveling right now, and going through a stressful time. As always, I am trying to stay calm by leaning on friends, family, and words of wisdom. This particular passage titled Closing Cycles by Paulo Coelho…