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Why I Changed My Name at 25-Years-Old and How Does It Feel
Imagine for a minute. Yesterday, you were still responding to the name “Karen,” and suddenly today you are Allie. It is official; it is on your workstation, on your passport, on your bank account—just “Allie” everywhere.
By Judy Mae7 years ago in Motivation
I Don’t Know About You, But I’m Not Quite Sure What to Do
It’s been 2 months since I turned the age Taylor Swift felt so inclined to document about in song form. The song may depict that when someone turns this age, they take a carefree approach to life, with many decisions being driven by debauchery and promiscuity.
By Sam Farrell7 years ago in Motivation
A 24-Year-Old Child
As I jump off the swing in the public park, I observe the nostalgic feeling that filled my adult heart, the very heart that once was a child. It has been years since I stepped on a playground, knowing I can’t fit in some sections and the idea of going to the slide made my stomach do a nervous churn. The swings, seesaw, and jungle bars made me notice how stiff my body had become over the years of idle exercise. My body did not feel like a child, but the little trill I received from something so simple made me smile a lot.
By Sarah Blain7 years ago in Motivation
Living with an Audience
We want to be liked. We want to be admired. We want people to think highly of us. We want to be more attractive, have more money, more friends, more likes. We want to be wanted. We crave validation more than we realize. Because of this, we find ourselves stuck in this loop of comparing strangers' curated little moments, glimpses of their lives. with the entirety of our own. But that isn’t fair. Our lives are messy, ugly, imperfect. Full of misfires, wasted opportunities, overreactions, and things we wish we could do over. But these glimpses into other people’s lives, these snapshots of our most well-lit cinematic moments, are what we tell the world we are.
By Cameron Dominguez7 years ago in Motivation
What's the Plan?
“When would you like to meet again?” Jason asked. Glancing over, I was shocked to see his calendar. He had scheduled everything from the moment he woke up until the moment he went to bed! Laundry, grocery shopping, reading, journaling, exercise, Bible study… you name it. It was probably there!
By Natasha Boehm7 years ago in Motivation
Resolutions Are for Losers
If resolutions weren't lame, then I would sit down and think about how I want my year to go and what I wanted to do better in, but the truth is resolutions are for losers. Does anyone even win with them? The number one people fail is to be healthy and lose weigh. No one, well, almost no one sticks to that one. Just like no one sticks to drinking less coffee, soda pop, or alcohol, eating less candy and sweets. Why does no one choose to love their partner more? Or to spend more time with family? Have more date nights with their spouse? Why not choose to be more romantic? Why not get more involved in your kids' events?
By Amanda J Mollett7 years ago in Motivation
Good Things Jar 2018
The idea came from something I saw on the interwebs near the end of 2017. The idea is to keep a jar (any old jar will do) and pop in a note once a week about something good that happened. The final intention would be to open up the jar on the last day of the year and read about everything we had done.
By Sapphire Ravenclaw7 years ago in Motivation
I Was Trapped in My Own Life
I work 80 hours a week. That’s right—16 hour shifts, an average of one day off a month, and a constantly rotating schedule that has left me in the last six months feeling often that my life is not under my control. I live in a constant state of exhaustion, dehydration, and chronic pain that I haven’t been able to get to the doctor to find the cause of. On multiple occasions as an absolute zombie on my fourth 16-hour day in a row, hands shaking holding my coffee (the only thing that keeps the physical exhaustion at bay) I have walked down the street towards the T and genuinely considered stepping out into traffic. I’m not suicidal—but the thought is always there. “If I die, this will be over. I don’t have to do this anymore.”
By Iris7 years ago in Motivation
