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Month Three – It’s About Following Your Intuition
Moving here has been the bravest most challenging thing I’ve done for myself. I walked into a new life not knowing the friends I would meet or the roots I would plant here but I went anyways into the unknown. A type of courage, a type of pain. There is still so much to discover and still parts of me to understand completely. Yet, I know now I’ll be just fine with whatever is thrown my way because I move intuitively.
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One Step Forward Two Steps Back – The Dance of Life
It’s unfair to compare an old life to a new one, but that’s what I keep doing this week. I look back on photos and memories that are just that and I wonder if I made a mistake. I’ve made new friends and memories in this new life too, but they hold a different weight. I had my first big cry, the other day, since moving here 3 weeks ago, but instead of looking at it as a sign of weakness I try to remind myself it’s a sign of change. My heart is healing, my doors are opening, my world is expanding, and these are growing pains.
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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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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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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.
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Me, Myself & I
How to achieve alone time when in a relationship. Have you ever heard the term, date yourself? I used to do it all the time while I was single. It’s the idea that you take a day all to yourself. If you’re like me that day includes a big glass of red wine, and some very quiet alone time. It’s the day I spend thinking about myself and myself alone. Taking time to read a book I bought 3 months ago, write a blog article for the week, or just zone out and turn on Friends. But when you get into a relationship, it’s hard to find that night all…
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The Gray Zone: Where Confusion Meets Frustration
How many times have you thought to yourself, “why is dating so hard?” We all have thought it. Hell, I started a blog off that simple question. Yet, how do we answer it – why is it so dang hard? Some argue, that it’s impossible to meet anyone organically nowadays. Dating apps where men have their height listed, and women have their ass shots posted. There’s no secret as to what you’re getting – probably catfished. We all have to be so perfect on paper that we hold our breath hoping someone likes us in person. Only to be ghosted. We forget that we’re all going to turn gray and…