Daily writing promptHow do you waste the most time every day?View all responses I used to be so concerned about wasted time. I would lay in bed each night and scrutinize my day. Like I was the appointed judge of my own life, always ready to dole out mental punishments on myself. I'd replay my... Continue Reading →
Dear Luca (my little Lu)
In honor of my favorite little man's second birthday! I am so honored to be your Auntie ❤
Heart Bones
Daily writing promptHave you ever broken a bone?View all responses I've never broken a bone. Well, that's not true. When I was 12 I did break my finger during a volleyball game at a family party but, that hardly counts. I have however had my heart broken numerous times which I think is just as... Continue Reading →
Life is so frustratingly limited…
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental... Continue Reading →
Working to Live vs. Living to Work
Daily writing promptHow do you balance work and home life?View all responses I used to be absolutely horrible at balancing work and my life. When I started my first corporate job in my early twenties I threw everything I had into it. I thought that was what you were supposed to do. I came in... Continue Reading →
Contentment vs Happiness
A long time ago, my therapist told me:The goal is actually not to be happy, it is to be contenthappiness dwells on the opposite end of the feelings spectrumLike sadness and anger, it is intenseyet fleetingContentment however, lies more in the middle more achievable for long periodsI thought about this for awhileit baffled meAll of... Continue Reading →
Career plan? What is that?
Daily writing promptWhat is your career plan?View all responses Some people grow up knowing from the time they are 5 years old what they "want to be when they grow up." I was always jealous of these kids. Especially as I grew older and realized that I still didn't have a clue what I wanted... Continue Reading →
There’s a tiredness…
that takes over me sometimesnot just an "I'm tired" kind of tired. No, this feeling burrows its way down into my bonesit incapacitates meleaving my brain a steaming pile ofmushleaving my body feeling as thoughit's run a marathonlike I haven't slept in weeksIt creates an ache in my jointsholes in my psycheAnd the only way... Continue Reading →
Cleaning Nana’s House
Daily writing promptList the people you admire and look to for advice...View all responses In January of 2024 we moved my Nana into my parents house. Her health was failing and so was her mind. She was no longer able to live alone anymore and she hated that fact. The woman had been independent her... Continue Reading →
Keep your head up. There is so much left for you. Life has only just begun…
Before I turned 30 I always had this overwhelming fear that once my twenties was over, so was life. Whatever I hadn't accomplished, whatever goals I hadn't checked off- it was too late. Like 30 was this ticking time bomb. Like I would turn the big 3 - 0 and somehow never be capable of... Continue Reading →
K.J Stafford 