Mindset Monday – Loving Yourself

I bought myself roses. A week ago I walked into Kroger, gracefully made my way over to the flowers and carefully selected a bouquet of beautiful roses. Wanting to do something for myself, I was inspired by a YouTuber named Shahd Batal: she buys herself flowers. When we think about love, we often think of […]

Mindset Monday – Reflection

It’s December! With the year coming to an end I thought it’d be the perfect time to sit and reflect. I spent some time this past week looking through old journals as well as reviewing the goals I wrote down at the beginning of the year. This allowed me to see my growth over the […]

Mindset Monday – Accepting & Shedding

Lately the words acceptance and shedding have been appearing in my mind. After sitting down and journaling about what these words mean, I realize the reasons they keep popping up are because I’m beginning to accept who I was as well as my past mistakes while simultaneously shedding these parts of me and coming into […]

Mindset Monday – Seeking Inspiration

Inspiration. It’s something we go looking for when we need a dose of creativity. It’s also something that finds us. A few days ago I took to Instagram to ask others what inspires them. This prompted me to turn inward and journal about what inspires me. Here’s what I listed: Who I am Who I […]

Nostalgia

“I’ve been writing since my mother birthed me.” These are the words that rang in my head as I looked at the piece of paper in front of me. Yesterday I was sorting through papers and came across an award I won in second-grade for creative writing. Reading the paper, I was overwhelmed with a […]