Pain can come in all forms, directions, and weights. The hardest part, for me, in times of pain is dealing with the physical effects of it. When anxious, my throat closes up, and I become unstable, weak. When sad, my body language drops, and my eyes become heavy. When angry, my muscles tense and strain,…
One of the greatest internal challenges I face in my mind and soul each day is dealing with my emotions. I have always felt that my emotional connection to life and my reflective personality has made for some powerful emotional experiences, which have created a lot of wonderful learning and growth in my emotional intelligence.…
"I may win, I may lose." Reflection is such an intentional part of my life and routine. Whether it occurs in solitude, in a conversation with another, or amidst a large gathering, I enjoy the process of taking my experiences and writing, praying, thinking on them to drive an end result from the experiences I…
Any time that a time-related milestone occurs, we tend to get into two states: Reflective and Projective. We begin to reflect on the time that has passed us by, as well as the time that is to come. One of the most consistent reminders of time passing by is birthdays. With mine being tomorrow, turning…
In January 2021, I returned from a vacation trip to Seattle and stumbled across a bathroom scale that I had stowed away and thought "I haven't weighed myself in a while" and pulled it out from under the sink. I stepped on and read "204.5" - this was the most I had ever weighed and…
My favorite YouTube video of all time is from a Spotify podcast called "Dissect". This podcast takes deep dives into all sorts of music content. As I have mentioned on this site before, and for those of you who know me, my connection to Mac Miller's music runs deep. The emotions and struggles he spoke…
I turned 25 one month ago. In that month, I've spent a lot of time in reflection (as I always do) but also in self-improvement. Much deeper, specific self-improvement this time. In this month, I have found areas of my faith, my relationships, and my physical + mental health that I really care about and…
In a world obsessed with self-improvement, we often view the present world as one that is gray and full of flaws. So many things that we can do better personally, could be going better as a society, etc. The mental outlook we hold affects our physical eyesight. We start to be attentive to the mistakes…
It's hard for me to give notifications. There are days that you just don't want to open up. There are moments you sit in reflection and want to stay there. It's often easiest to keep it all in. You don't have to share if you don't want to. However, the "bottling up" of the emotions…
Some days it seems you feel nothing. Some days it seems you feel everything. Your body and mind begin to have to adjust quickly from these extremes, which is difficult to do. I think of it analogically as being in the "extreme sandwich". In my life, I have always been on one side or the…
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