Michelle Schultz
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I'm mostly an editorial writer. I love to share my opinions and experiences. I don't hold back and I swear so if you take offense easily, my articles probably aren't for you. I'm a single mom just trying to stay sane.
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30 Journal Entries for Self-Discovery – Day 4
Welcome to day four of my journal entries for self-discovery! I'm honestly impressed I still have followers. Just kidding. Kind of. Anyway, I'm excited to keep going. I hope you're all writing along with me. Honestly, it's been fun so far. Here is the quote of the day from one of my all-time favorite authors (Seriously, check her out next time you're at the library, her books are amazing); "You may not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page. " - Jodi Picoult
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Families
Journal Entries for Self Discovery - Day 3
Hello, and welcome to day three. If you're new, I might suggest going back to read my first two posts... or not. I am keeping a (public) journal to try the 30 days of self-discovery and giving my opinions on these entries just to give other people an idea of if they are actually helpful or not. Thank you again for following along! My quote for the day is; "To write means more than putting pretty words on a page; the act of writing is to share a part of your soul with the world."
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Wander
30 Journal Entries for Self Discovery - Day 2
This is day two of my self-discovery journal entries. If you're following along, I thank you. I also kind of wonder why follow my posts? But I've definitely followed weirder blogs. Thanks for sticking with me to day two! Here's my quote for today: "If I waited for perfection, I would never write." —Margret Atwood
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Motivation
30 Journal Entries for Self Discovery - Day 1
I have seen a lot of people doing journal entries to help with self-love or self-discovery. Obviously, most people keep these private because they are a personal journey. I belong to a few writing communities and I've seen people rave about how awesome they are. I asked a lot of my writer/ journal keeping friends which one they followed, and I think I have it narrowed down to the one, in my opinion, will actually teach me to learn about myself a little more. Instead of keeping a secret journal entry and all that, I decided to make it public and answer a question a day as a 'journal entry,' and give my ideas on how each question helps us with self-love. This is my first entry. You can follow along and do it with me or just judge me if you want. Please keep in mind these are my personal journal entries, I'm just trying to give out as much of an idea of what I think of these prompts. I don't want people to think I'm writing one sentence and then judging the questions based off of my no-effort answer, which is part of the reason I'm making it public. Thanks for following along. Remember "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." - Earnest Hemmingway
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Motivation
Bitches Get Shit Done
My dad always told me when I was growing up, that I shouldn't trust anyone and to always look out for myself first. "Be kind to others, but not at the expense of your own happiness." I think those were his exact words... or something like it. Looking back, I wish I would've listened harder to his advice. I was so dead set on being right, that I didn't look out to see everything I was doing wrong. I thought I was so lucky. I could've sworn I had awesome friends who loved me for who I was. I could not have been more wrong. My dad repeatedly tried to tell me that they were using me. At the time, I didn't know how he knew right off the bat that they were using me. It didn't make any sense. Until I realized why. It took me about nine years to realize it was because he had known people just like the friends I had chosen. He had had friends just like the friends I had. It took dropping out of college and getting pregnant for me to realize who my true friends were. It took a ton of people abandoning me when they realized I had run out of money to spend on them. It took me overhearing one of the people I considered my best friend calling me a cunt and saying that she was just friends with me because of the parties I threw to realize that my dad had been right all along.
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Motivation
Why I Hope to Be Like Hagrid
I am a HUGE Harry Potter nerd! It is, by far, my all-time favorite series. I don't mean that I really enjoy the series or I like how they're written. I mean I have two Harry Potter tattoos and entirely too much merchandise. I'm a Harry Potter nerd. Everyone asks me who my favorite character is. This is a complicated question for a lot of reasons. If we're talking in general, my favorite character is Sirius Black. However, if you asked me who I admire most as a parent figure for Harry, I would have to say Molly Weasley and Hagrid. I admire Molly Weasley for obvious reasons. Many people question why Hagrid though. I have a few reasons...
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Families
Friends from the Block
It's the fall of 2002. I pull on my flare jeans and my Rugrats t-shirt and grab my bike and walk next door. My best friend's mom answers the door and I ask if her kids can come outside and play. It was a simpler time. We didn't text each other to ask if we wanted to "hang out." We just knew that whoever woke up first would walk down the block and wake everyone else up so that we could start playing. If chores had to be done for one of us to come out, we all pitched in so that we could start playing a game faster. Life was easier. My biggest worry was if I would get tagged when we were playing Vampire at night. And when one of us got sick, we all did, so we never stopped hanging out.
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Humans
Knowing You're Losing Someone
I burst into tears every time I hear the song "Supermarket Flowers" by Ed Sheeran. It hits me deep. I lost my mom to cancer, but I don't think that's why it hits me so hard. I was only three when she passed away; I didn't understand what was going on. Don't get me wrong, I miss my mom, but I don't really remember her being sick. But, since then, I've lost a lot of people very close to me. We've all had to experience losing someone, and if you haven't, I consider you very lucky. My friends and family told me during a particularly rough few months after a close family friend was diagnosed with cancer that I should be grateful that I knew what was coming and that I had time to mentally prepare myself for it. However, I honestly don't think there is any way to prepare yourself to lose someone that's close to you. In my personal experience, the knowing almost made it worse.
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Families
Are Women REALLY the Crazy Ones?
I have been called the crazy girlfriend. I mean, honestly, what girl hasn't? But are we really the crazy ones? Granted, I am known to fly into bitch mode when things get out of control and I'm the first to admit that. But I also had some pretty crazy boyfriends. I mean, that might just be my choice in men. However, I have a ton of girlfriends with similar stories. But men get away with shit a lot easier. A girl sends two texts in a row and she's clingy and crazy.
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Humans
Why I Live For Failure
I have made more mistakes than I can count since I became a mother. Shit, I have made more mistakes than I can count in just my 20s. I'm the first to admit that I am not a perfect person, let alone a perfect mother. But my failures are the greatest blessings I have ever endured. It took me entirely too long to realize what my favorite high school teacher was talking about when she told me "If you fall on your face, at least you're still moving forward." Granted, when you make a mistake as a new mother, falling on your face hurts a lot worse. It feels like every failure is ten times worse than it actually is because you suddenly have this tiny human who's relying on you to not fail. But after many long crying sessions in the shower and smoking in the backyard during nap time, I learned something pretty substantial that I think I need to share; you don't have to not fail, you just have to not stop trying when you do fail.
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Motivation
Mean Mommy
I'm a single mom. I hate saying that. There are so many stereotypes that come with saying that. My three favorite questions are: "Do you know who the father is?" Nope, I'm a gigantic whore and have no idea who her father is. "Do you get a lot for child support?" Yeah, I get $800,000,000,000 a month. I got knocked up by Bill Gates. And my absolute favorite question: "Does it hurt that she looks like him?" This one I'll answer honestly instead of sarcastically; no, it doesn't hurt. It used to. But now, those features mean something different to me. I don't see his smile when I look at her, I just see my daughter smiling up at me. She took bad memories and made amazing new ones. For that, I can never repay her.
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Families
Mom, Where's My Dad?
To my daughter: Dear baby, I know one day you're going to ask me where your dad is. It's okay. You're allowed to be curious. I have no idea how to answer this question without hurting you and I think that's because there is no way to answer this without hurting you. I've talked to a thousand people about how I'm going to bring this up. Most people tell me to just be honest and that if I raised you right you'll understand how loved you are and it won't hurt you. But I think that's a lie. I don't understand any point on how it wouldn't hurt unless I lie to you and I don't want to lie to you.
By Michelle Schultz8 years ago in Families
