I came into this life hating myself. It was like a self destruct program was running 24/7 from the earliest moments I can remember. I was constantly telling myself, (even as a young child), “you’re never going to amount to…
Category: Hot Takes
Anniversary
This month Ben and I are having our 8th wedding anniversary. As of May 1st we will have been together for a DECADE. I think we are particularly well matched for each other (obviously!!). And I feel like I won…
Are You Upset About AI Art?
A friend asked me to write about AI Art and brought up the fact that people were upset about it. My understanding is that people are upset because the internet is being used as the database for the creation of…
What do you want to do when you grow up?
I always felt like a weirdo growing up because I didn’t know what I wanted to do for a career. My friend’s knew they wanted to be nurses, teachers, lawyers, engineers, dentists, etc… and all of my fiends who had…
Best Friends
I don’t have just one best friend. I consider the term “best friend” to signify a tier, not a single person. I haven’t had just one best friend since… possibly my whole life. I can remember in grade school I…
Big Goals and How to Achieve Them
One of the things I have learned in the last few years that has helped to keep my mindset right is the following: I can’t always control exactly what/when/how the final result I want is going to happen, but I…
Are you focusing on your faults?
You don’t need to be good at everything. You don’t need to focus on doing those things that you aren’t inclined to do or don’t enjoy or aren’t good at. Figure out what you are good at, what you enjoy…
Are Your Goals Wild Enough For You?
Sometimes I feel like I am not making progress fast enough. Every day I wake up and I do what I need to do. But sometimes after days and days of doing the same things it just starts to feel…
Being Creative is a Skill
Being creative isn’t some magical gift given from the heavens. Creativity is mostly practice over time and gaining skills through that practice. Artists aren’t born being able to paint anything they want. They spend hours and hours painting. They have pieces that they…
Business Idea: Sober Adult Dance Clubs
I have business ideas every day that I am not going to do anything with. Instead of letting them die, I will post some here and maybe someone will find them and run with them. I am a mom and…