2021 Posts
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I Was Wrong About Love All Along
I’m picky when it comes to love, I’ve spent my whole life curious about who my soul mate is. However, in the last few months I’ve been lucky enough to realize that the people I’ve opened my heart to are my soul mates. I don’t take enough time to appreciate my circle of family and friends. I don’t realize how lucky I’ve always been to have them surround me and love me through every moment of my life.
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The First Step into My New Life: Saying Goodbye
The last few days, I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded by so many people I love. Friendships have been toasted and hugs lasted a little longer, because I’ve officially decided to say goodbye. I am saying goodbye to so many comfort zones, places, and people – and to be honest it scares the hell out of me. Change requires a lot of acceptance. It’s accepting that I’ll no longer be able to be a part of some parties or memories. It’s knowing I won’t know all the new people my friends meet, and there will be adventures a part and birthdays missed. It’s accepting a new life and that…
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The Longest Lesson
You see, nobody prepares you for the moment you have to break your own heart. The times when your intuition pulls you one way and love pulls you another. No one tells you the direction to go in or lets you in on which will hurt less. So, here’s the secret from the girl who’s living it. They are both going to sting like hell, but darling trust your gut.
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This One is for You
This is for all you – young, old, and somewhere in-between, trying to make sense of it all. It’s for those who feel everything so intensely. The ones who give their all in everything they do and everyone they meet. Who care more about the people around them than about themselves. The ones who feel insecure but always push forward. This one is for the ones who deserve love but haven’t found it. This is for all of us who are lost. Through it all, remember this one is for the ones who are rare, the ones who are a gift.
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The Gray Zone
If I could share one insight to younger twenty-year old’s it’s don’t be in such a rush to plan out your life, because your plans are going to blow up in your face regardless of how articulately you plan them out. Be a little reckless, don’t wish away the confusing parts of your life – it’s where the magic happens. Don’t worry about the feelings you’re going to hurt, or the people you’re going to miss because life has a funny way of keeping the right people in your life and removing the others regardless of where you end up.
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It’s OK To Not Be OK
I’m not going to tell you it’s all going to be OK, everything’s going to work out, and this is just a bump in the road on your path to something great, because you already know that – I don’t need to tell you, people have already told you this. I just think some of us deserve a moment to feel heard even if it’s uncomfortable and nobody wants to face it. We deserve to not feel so alone in a world that wants to drown out the sadness. I wish more people would find a way to accept pain as it is, not as a cry for help, but…
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You Don’t Owe Anyone Your Peace
We all come to crosswords in our lives. Choose the harder path, the one that will challenge you, grow you. The one that you know will change you forever. That’s the path that’s worth it. The one that your younger self expects you to take, and your older self will be glad you had the bravery to follow. Start now, with trembling hands, a broken heart, a shaky voice, start with what you have, but start.
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Turn Your Pain into Power
Unfortunately, life is going to break your heart at some point. Allow yourself to feel the sharp sting on your heart, pain is a reminder that you’re human and we all face similar tragedies no matter where our lives lead us. However, it’s how we go about dealing with those tragedies that define us.
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A Lesson That Changed My Way of Thinking
You’ve planted your roots into quicksand; made up beautiful scenarios in your head as to why you never went after all those big dreams you promised yourself. You’ve clipped your own wings too short, so you stay exactly where you are.
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Decorate Your Own Soul
I live in the third largest city in America, Chicago. It’s filled with people, live music, love, laughter, and energy bubbling all around me so it might come to a surprise to some when I say I’ve never felt so alone in my life.