How to describe a personal blog? Basically this category serves as a catch-all for anything uncategorized. As much as I’d love to focus my writing and my life on just a few clear things (running, reading, travel, and being as minimalist/waste-free as possible), it’s difficult to avoid simply writing at times.
Especially before I decided to narrow the focuses of this blog, I wrote whatever came into my mind or heart. I’ve long thought that writing was the best form of catharsis (I even wrote an entire blog post on this idea HERE: Writing for Catharsis: Why Perfectionism is a Bitch), so I simply let the writing take me where it would.
Those posts now make up the brunt of this miscellaneous/random musings and personal reflection section of this blog. Enjoy!
In general, I want to believe that the people I interact with each day have good intentions. After all, seeing people and the world in the best (rose-colored) light possible is kind of my thing. This belief in the general…
From the time we are children, we are shown that there is so much more to life than whatever is going on in our sleepy little towns. Whether we are on an adventure with Belle, desperately trying to get on-land…
Bright lipstick. Sequins on glitter on shine. Champagne and dance music. These are (usually) a few of my favorite things. This New Year’s though, I’m just not feeling them. I like holidays a lot. I’m not one to pass up…
*Your problems don’t go away if you ignore them.* I feel like this is a lesson I should have learned already in my life, first as a child, then repeatedly as a teen, and then again as a college student…
I held it together pretty well on the second-to-last day. I felt more like myself than I had all year. I joked with my students, laughed a lot, enjoyed myself. It felt like the fog that had descended earlier in…
I was in middle school in the 2000s, which meant that I got to experience the emergence of “emo” culture. When I was a nerdy middle schooler with no friends, my one desperate desire was to fit in. (God, I…
In an effort to spread beauty, positivity, and joy, I’m going to start highlighting some of the beautiful books I read, or what I like to “Rose-Tinted Reads”. These might be books that tell beautiful stories, share diverse perspectives, are…
Disclaimer: In light of the response I got from my last, more-honest-than-usual post on perfectionism, I’m going to continue in a similar vein this evening. If you are only here for unadulterated positivity, teaching stories, or reading recommendations, I might…
I’ve considered writing to be a near perfect form of catharsis for quite some time. I think this idea stems from the diaries of my childhood. Purple and pink soft-covered booklets filled with terrible sketches of flowers and ramblings about…
That’s right, I’m taking back my Sundays and not at all in a late 90s rock band way. I’ve written HERE previously about teachers being more selfish, and it’s almost become my personal mission this year. One major way to do…