Talara Nolan
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I am a single parent to a 4 year old girl and live with her in Canada. I love working out and have lost over 45 lbs over time. I would love to share what I have learned and all the things that have worked for me over time.
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Meet me at the tree
She sat under her favorite pear tree watching the sunset. The world looked so peaceful that she never thought that the world could be anything but. But as she watched the sun go down, she wondered what she was going to do. She never thought she would be in this situation. She had always told what she was told, followed her families rules. The thought of breaking it never came into her mind. But here she was, in a situation that left her unsure and confused. There he was, coming up over the hill, the sun setting behind him. Him looking like a dream.
By Talara Nolan4 years ago in Fiction
The tragic loss
As I sit here, I feel like I must be in a dream. Sitting here all in black, with so many people in my house. Do I even know half these people? All I want to do is hide in a dark room forever, and pretend like this did not happen. Pretend like I am not in this place of such a great loss. A loss that I never thought I would have to go through. Everyone in black, saying how sorry they are for my loss. But they can't know what I am really going through. They all say that they are here for me, they support me with whatever they need. They say so many things. I am so many people in my house, yet I feel so alone. Like no one in the entire world understands what I am going through. I look over at my two children still here. Sitting in the corner, looking at the ground, clearly full of despair. How am I going to get through this? How am I to still raise them, and act like life can just go on? Life can not go on, life can not just continue like nothing happened.
By Talara Nolan4 years ago in Fiction
The escape
As she drove, she started getting more and more scared. She gripped the steering wheel, and tried to tell herself not to panic. Though that was easier said than done. She didn't know what to do, so she just kept driving. She checked her mirror and saw the car still behind her. The only thing she knew for sure was that they were following her. She was scared to go home, being a single girl living alone. She didn't feel safer there. As she drove, she was grateful that the lights were all green. She would pray any time she got to a light that it would stay green. 'Please, please,' she would say to herself. She knew that she would at some point she would have to stop. She prayed that it wasn't who she thought that it was. So she just kept driving, being aware that she wasn't speeding. She didn't want to let on that she knew they were following her after all.
By Talara Nolan4 years ago in Fiction
Effects of Abuse Pt. 1
Jessica I was woken up by a loud bang and knew what was happening. I suddenly started to panic, thinking of ways that I could calm him down. The girls were home, sleeping. I had tried so hard to keep them from seeing the truth of what was really happening. So they had been spending a lot of weekends at my sisters, but she was out of town for the weekend. I laid there waiting, my mind racing. I knew he must have been drunk. He kept banging things. As much as I knew it wasn't a good idea, I felt like I had to go out there to get him to be quiet or he would wake up the girls. So I got up. I stond at the door for a moment and took a deep breath. Preparing myself for what was going to happen. I went out there to see the mess of what he was doing. He looked like he was looking for something.
By Talara Nolan4 years ago in Fiction
How to gain confidence
I, like many people unfortunately, was always made fun of when I was younger. I was never the popular girl and I never felt like I was either. As I got older, it stuck with me. Combined with some bad boyfriends and bad friends who put me down, I never felt confident in myself. I was always the girl in the corner, not wanting to bring attention to myself. My inner voice told me that I wasn't worthy of it, that no one wanted to hear what I had to say. I never put myself really out there, sure that I would be made fun of, and put down.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Motivation
Finding passion through misery
When I started thinking about my passions, I really was unsure what I had to say. Why would anyone care what I had to say about anything? But then I realized that so many people have been exactly where I am, some many people are exactly where I am.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Motivation
Becoming a mom makes you really think about yours
It wasn't until I became a mother when I really looked at my past and how my parents were with me. Before I had my daughter I don't think that I really thought it. I am a person that doesn't really think about the past once it is over. I like to deal with things and move on, move forward.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Families
5 easy changes to make a change
When I first decided that I really wanted to make a change and do my part to help the environment, I have to admit I got totally overwhelmed. There were so many choices on changes that you can make to really make a difference. And while I thought it was important, was I really prepared to get rid of almost everything I had and buy new things? I could afford that, and that is also not better for the environment to toss certain things. When I first started doing research I gave up, saying that's too much for me to handle never mind. However, it was really important to me, so I would come back to it determined that I was going to do something better. Here are 5 very easy things you can do to start your journey of being better for the environment.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Earth
My digital detox journey
I have heard about a digital detox many times before. For a long time I never put much thought into it. Even when I got a 30-day digital detox in a subscription box. There are 30 cards, and you do one a day for 30 days. Not only about social media, but it also has activities that do not require any technology, such as doing a recipe from an actual cookbook. When I first got them I put them aside thinking, oh that's nice, and didn't think much about it after that. When we went into the second lockdown it was winter, and so it was very cold where I am. Being stuck at home all the time, and really unable to go anywhere, well it can get fairly boring. I was finding myself filling my days just endlessly scrolling on social media, wasting hours and days. I found that I wasn't being present. Everything I did I always had my phone open. I realized that I needed a change when I would put my phone down and leave the room. Then my daughter would always bring my phone to me, like I had to have my phone on me.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Psyche
How alone are we?
When you feel lonely, alone and depressed, it's easy to not focus on it. I could focus on the day-to-day routine of my life and not have to face the reality of all the things I was feeling. But then the pandemic last year hit and life as we knew it had changed. Nothing was the same from then on. The first lockdown didn't really affect me as much. I was off for a couple of months and went back feeling refreshed and like everything would be okay. The summer however was very tough, and I struggled through most of it. Like I usually do when I find myself in a depression I go into myself. I am a person that doesn't like to share a lot of things with people. So when I am struggling at it, it's hard for me to let anyone in to tell them. Then the second lockdown happened. Somehow it seemed more permanent to me. Being in Canada it is fairly cold in the winter, depending on where you live in this great country. Like many I dislike the cold and so it was the perfect storm of being isolated. As the lockdown continued I would find myself more and more isolated from the world. Days and weeks started blending into each other. It was so easy to lose track of what day of the week it was or what day of the month frankly. I found myself feeling like days and hours were just passing me by. I would very often think at the end of a day, 'what did I even do today'. There are 24 hours in a day, but to me, it could have been 2 hours as I would have gotten the same amount of stuff done.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Motivation
How social media can influence you
Within the last year purchasing online has exploded due to the pandemic all over the world. It is easy to be influence by what you see and to go into a black hole where you spend too much on things that you don't need. However, it can also be a great thing if you do it correctly.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Styled
Best Organization Tips
I love having things organized all the time. Though I know that it is not that easy for everyone. If you are not a naturally organized person, you might think that you don't need things to be organized, you work best when it's not. However, if you just try it you will be surprised how much easier it will make your life. And it doesn't have to cost you a lot of money either.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Motivation
