I’ll be honest, it is my biggest pet peeve when I have to wait on someone who is running late. Don’t get me wrong, I always put into account all of the variables that can happen to make someone late; it’s the repetitiveness of being late, hearing the same excuses and the counter-productivity that get to me. Where I come from, being 15 minutes early means that you’re on time. … [Read more...]
Life Is Hard
This whole adulting thing has got me pretty bummed out lately. It’s so hard! And according to my social media newsfeeds, I’m not alone in this sentiment! We’re all struggling in our own ways! We’ve got bills to pay, unexpected illnesses, chronic illnesses, cars to keep running, children to take care of, college expenses to stress over, jobs to perform well at, schedules to … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Self-Awareness and Why It Matters
To be aware is to have knowledge, to have consciousness. But there is so much more than that, isn’t there? There are multiple contexts to view “awareness,” such as mindfulness; being aware simply meaning that you are paying attention to what is happening right here and now. In meditation and mindful conversations, awareness is a word constantly buzzing around. Why does … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Suicide Awareness
Recently, the Orlando International Airport experienced an unpredictable tragedy: 36-year-old Robert Henry, a TSA agent at MCO, jumped from a Hyatt Regency balcony overlooking the fountain and interior space of the airport’s signature atrium, where the entrance to the TSA checkpoint funnels, and fell to his death. Rep. Darren Soto noted in a tweet that Henry’s death … [Read more...]
Tough Things to Talk About: Love Yourself First
I’ve always had really vivid past memories of Valentine’s Day. For example, I could tell you about the time that my crush in the first grade gave chocolate to the girl that used to draw awful pictures of me and pull my hair every day instead of me. Or, I could talk about the bus ride home on that fateful February 14 in seventh grade where a boy I didn’t even know gave me a … [Read more...]
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