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No Need to #RESIST
Play is natural. Must we grow up into rigid, old, serious waddlehumps? No. We needn’t have to. What is it that creates rigid holding in our systems? Is it trauma? Is it painful life experience that hardens us? Is it a protection against the world, a distrust of life? If so, how can one work with that suffocating overprotection within one's individualized system?
By Destiny Love8 years ago in Motivation
Dear Diary...FML
Uprooting one's life is like going through a form of rehab. Such dramatic change can feel like you are detoxing and all attempt to control mood swings becomes harder and harder. At least, this has been my experience in the past five months. I have never been to rehab, thanks be to whomever—maybe myself, in this case. Last year, as in many people's experience, was...shit or shitty. I found myself in a situation that I could not control. Events were happening to me that were not of my choosing. So what happens when you are faced with grand upheaving life-changing circumstances that are not your own? You pack up your life and move across the country.
By meghan marshall8 years ago in Motivation
Exposing Myself
I’m in a 10 day self development workshop. The goal of this workshop is to explore my shadow and integrate with my rejected aspects of self, eventually coming to a place of full acceptance and love. That means owning everything I'm ashamed of that I bury deep down inside hoping no one will ever find out. All these aspects stem back to one thing and one thing only: fear. The things I judge about you are the things I have rejected within myself, and as I start to accept myself fully, I can accept you. As I've explored these aspects, I’ve been faced with many challenges. One is admitting they exist, and shedding light on them since I’ve tucked them away in the deepest parts of myself. They are things that I truly believe, then hide away neglecting their need to be accepted, resulting in self sabotage and victimization. But today will be different. Today I will expose the ugliest parts of myself, in turn exposing them for what they really are; FEAR,false evidence appearing real. Facing my fear and exposing them to you will take away all their power over me. Everyday you have a choice, love or fear. Today I choose love.
By summer sheehan8 years ago in Motivation
2017-2018 So Far...
A lot has happened in 2017 that I feel like only worked against me in every single way. Not to be all sad and helpless, I had the best beginning of 2017. Never thought I would ever work 2 jobs, and I ended up working 3 jobs at once. The last job was the one I least attended—still counts. I'm a lazy person, so to me that was a huge accomplishment. The least attended job became my full time job about 7 months into 2017. Since then, it's been none stop anxiety. But, the bigger picture is pretty big so I'm sticking it out. The last few weeks of 2017 made me so antsy, I couldn't wait for it to just end. I had a mental count down of 2017 since around October. It is kind of foolish for me to be waiting on a certain date to end when in reality its just another day. What else doesn't add up is that it became 2018 in Toronto, while parts of the world were already living through their 2018s. So the fact that I was relieved that it had turned 2018 at the time that I had witnessed it, made no sense at all—kind of like all of 2017. Food for thought.
By Anastasiya Dusova8 years ago in Motivation
It Is Okay to Be a Young Adult and Not Have a Clue What You Are Doing
I want to start this blog post off by acknowledging that I realize that everyone is different. Everyone learns in their own way and that is what makes this topic so fun. I get to express the way that I learn the best and maybe, hopefully, some of you can relate. I learn the best by making mistakes. Now, only going into my fourth year of being in my twenties, I can’t claim to be a woman full of wisdom but what I can offer are my experiences leading up to my twenties that landed me where I am now; sitting on my couch watching Real Housewives of Orange County, drinking coffee, and eating caramel rice crisps at 1 am and being completely okay with it.
By Katherine Mallinson8 years ago in Motivation
The Fat Mirror
« I'm not enough, » « I'm not pretty enough, » « I'm too fat » … We all have, one day, looked at the mirror and thought that we weren't good enough to go out and enjoy the world around us. Instead, we put on leggings, comfy socks, wide t-shirt, and we stay at home.
By Diana Sol8 years ago in Motivation
Growing, Growing, Growing
Enjoy! Growing, Growing, Growing... As human beings we are all given the privilege to grow. I don’t mean this in a physical sense but more so in a spiritual sense. I think everyone has to grow and create the person that they desire to be. We all have to overcome obstacles, different people, and getting lost in the world we live in to truly figure out who we are and determine our sole purpose.
By Tate8 years ago in Motivation
Self-Care: Good for You, Good for Me, Good for Us!
Self-care, one of the easiest things we can do for ourselves, but yet it seems like we never have time to do it, or at least just don't seem to want to do it. Like any university student, I feel that! But hear me out, self-care isn't just pedicures and eating healthy, heck no!
By dRAKE therealnig8 years ago in Motivation
A Letter of Gratefulness (2017)
As I get older, I start to feel like materialistic things do not impress me anymore. I am not saying that a new nice dress wouldn't make me happy, but a handwritten letter from a friend or a call from an old lost relative is definitely what makes life worth living for me. I saw a lot of my friends on online sites expressing their grief by posting a picture of their loved ones who recently passed away. Although I understand that everyone deals with grief in a different way, I do not understand why they feel the need to put this on a website such as Facebook or Twitter when we all know that getting likes and retweets will not take our pain away.
By Brandy Cooper8 years ago in Motivation
Why I Decided to Just Be Happy
There have been a multitude of things in my life that have made me truly happy. Anything ranging from my friends, to my family, to beautiful experiences I've had, to opportunities that were given to me. I love going to summer concerts, and weekend visits to my best friends. One of my favorite places in the whole world is the coffee shop. It makes me so happy to just sit there any enjoy the atmosphere and the good coffee. I love trying new food and drinking wine. I love doing things that are exciting and new and that I know are going to make me happy!
By Bryanna Burshnick8 years ago in Motivation
