Scrolling through the most popular images on any “self care” hashtag, I’m bombarded with the same eye-rollingly repetitive imagery including: – Open-ended, fortune cookie-esque inspirational quotes like “You can’t pour from an empty cup.” or “My imperfections make me beautiful.” – Super skinny white girls in front of tropical, beachy, etc. backgrounds looking like they’ve …
2018 was a year of ups, downs, lefts, rights, and everything in between. I learned a lot about my true essence of self and what I actually want out of life. 2019 will be the year where I reach for the stars and make things happen. I have goals; I have ambitions; I have passion. …
As you might not have known, I recently turned 23 on August 8th. 23 is one of those ages that lingers in the spaces of time. It’s not really a milestone. There’s not any exuberant happiness (or sadness) that comes with that age. It just, kind of, happens. It’s been almost two weeks since my …
I just turned 22 on August 8th. (Cue a smash-up of Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday and 2 Chainz’ Birthday Song) 22 is quite the awkward age. You’ve spent enough time in adulthood that people mistakingly think you have your life together. They ask questions like: When are you getting married? When am I going to …
I often spend my nights running through the endless field of weeds (and spontaneous roses) that is Netflix. I can often be an indecisive person so something as extensive and never-ending as Netflix can be a source of anxiety for me. Even though I want to find something new, fresh, and interesting to watch I …
Happy Sunday everybody. I hope y’all are doing swell. Don’t y’all have those days where all you desire to do is lounge around in your pajamas and scroll through Netflix for your next binge-watch extravaganza? Today is that type of day for me. But, I tend to give my lazy days a soundtrack. What type …