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A lot of people will ask, what do you do in your spare time? What are… Read More
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It’s not that I didn’t know I was living in the past, cycling through… Read More
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It’s true that a lot of work is done under the radar – the last thing… Read More
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Quiet Everyone sleeps Read More
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Sometimes when I don’t think I can get my thoughts out the way I want to, I write poems. It’s a way to express myself in a more concise way, without overthinking. These poems help move something from inside of me to the outside world, which is liberating in a way. The poem structure I’ve used in this blog (see previous posts and I’m sure my future posts will have them too) is the cinquain, which is a five-line, unrhymed poem with the following number of syllables per line: 1st line = two syllables 2nd line = four syllables 3rd… Read More
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A reminder to myself: “In 1902, the sociologist Charles Horton Cooley wrote: “I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.” ― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every So I’ve just gotta change the way I think you think I am and live as the person I want to be. Read More
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Daybreak Light the candle Sit awhile in silence There’s no rush, no hurry at all New start Read More
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I almost forgot about writing today. Weekends tend to throw me for a loop and today I made some adjustments because I wasn’t feeling great. Overall it still worked out to be a good day, and I am grateful for accomplishing what I could. I’m going to keep going. I”m going to stay consistent. I”m going to be persistent. I will stay the course. I will keep writing. Read More
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Sidekick The one in the background Following Not living into their potential Afraid to break free Fearful of judgement Causing resentment Wanting permission to be let go Needing to be liked Deferring responsbility Powerful but powerless It doesn’t have to be this way You can have your own spotlight You can live into your dreams You can still support another superhero While being your own superhero Be you, the full you Unapologetically With joy With purpose Be Read More
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Mornings Light a candle Indulge in the silence While enjoying a hot bevvie I write Read More