Writing My Way Through Life's Adventures.
Goals. Everyone needs them. They empower us, motivate us, and help us to improve as individuals. Long term, short term, a daily to do list, every notch on those mental or paper logs is a wish to better ourselves in some way. Goals seem so cut and dry. You set one and either succeed or …
I feel like I often hear my friends and other people my age (thirtysomethings) talk about wanting to disconnect. “I just want to delete my Facebook…but it makes it so easy to keep in touch.” “I just need to take a little social media break.” Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, it’s all become so ever-present in …
Somewhere along the way I turned into a bit of a yo-yoer where my weight is concerned. It’s always been super gradual either way but it’s gone up and down about 40-50lbs nonetheless. After getting married three years ago it’s gradually gone back up until I recently decided that it was time to get my …
I have a love/fear relationship with alcohol. Both of those things, in writing, sound…well, not promising. Growing up, I don’t remember my parents ever sitting me down and talking to me about my father’s alcoholism but it was not something that was ever hidden. It was just a fact plain and simple. He’d given up …
Why aren’t you making a career with your writing? It’s a question I’ve been asked what seems like an inordinate amount as of late. It’s as if the universe is converging on me from all angles to remind me, you would think unnecessarily, of that thing I love and why I should be pursuing …
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Self-awareness can be a great thing. If you’re aware of your behaviors, shortcomings, moods, it can do wonders for your ability to manage yourself, interpersonal relationships, and navigate life in general. But no matter how well we may know ourselves, there’s nothing like an outside perspective to shine a light through our dustiest windows, exposing …
You know that saying about being your own worst enemy? I’d like to submit a new version of that called avalanching yourself. Why haven’t I been blogging in, I don’t know, forever?! I got myself stuck in an avalanche and unfortunately they haven’t found a way to shrink those adorable St. Bernards with booze barrels …
Something I've learned as I've gotten older is that I have less and less patience for cynicism. 5-10 years ago, when things weren't going as well as I'd like them to, when I was out of shape, more insecure, and frustrated with my own life, it was easy to fall into the trap of negativity …
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<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/13989038/?claim=xaevjac4mza">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Excuse my use of worstest. It is most definitely not a word. But lunch, man, it really gets me down. Remember when you were a kid and lunch was so exciting? You got to sit with your friends, compare snacks, everything was sunshine and Dunkaroos! But as an adult, …
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What is that thing, that barrier between who we want to be and who we are? Why is it so hard to go from sincere desire to do something to actually doing it? Since the beginning of 2015 I have been trying to switch to an AM workout routine. When I get home from work …
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Lola Writes the Wave 