As I walked into work today, my mind was racing with thoughts of “I just need one more day,” “I’m so tired,” or “I wish I could just stay home and work.” All valid feelings going back to work after a holiday. But those thoughts began to unnecessarily consume me. I walked into my classroom…

I was tasked by a really good friend to create a vision board for myself. They exclaimed that visualizing what I want to accomplish will help me bring those things to fruition. Logically, I knew it was a great idea, especially since I’m a visual person but for me it was also a reminder of…

“It is the soul’s duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.” –Rebecca West This week I had a very enlightening conversation about the perils of feeling like I had to choose between my passion and my responsibilities. Subconsciously repressing my passion and creativity the past couple…

“If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day…

Spring is approaching. The light, breezy, peaceful weather, flowers blooming, trees beginning to show the greenness of their leaves again, more sunlight, and a feeling of growth. One of my favorite times of year. Earth is in the process of emergence, as it knows it’s time to start anew. It’s the season of renewal. Much…

The pressure to feel as though something major in your Life needs to be accomplished before the new year, can be disheartening. January 1 of any year can definitely feel like we all get a fresh start, I mean the number 1 is literally the start of any thing we can think of. But a…

“If you feel like you don’t fit into the world you inherited it is because you were born to help create a new one.” -Ross Caligiuri I’ve been sitting on this quote since I viewed it earlier today. How profound is it to finally understand why we just don’t always know or feel we contribute…

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” -Meister Eckhart My work computer is on constantly. I don’t have the energy sometimes to either shut it down or put it in sleep mode. As soon as I open it, all the tabs I had in there from the day or night before are still…

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” –Henri Bergson I’m not always okay with change, I’ll be honest. At least thinking about it, I’m not always okay with it. Change can be, for lack of a better word, scary. Scary because of the…