I try to write a list of things I'm grateful for every day. It keeps me grounded and focused on all of the good things this life has to offer. Here is todays 🙂
My Daily Gratitude Write
6 Months
It's been 6 months since I last saw youAnd what’s funny is I had no idea that last timewas going to be the last timeEverything was so normalWe chatted, we laughed and then parted waysAs if we’d see each other again tomorrowAnd then that text came throughThe first of a few that ripped my heart... Continue Reading →
The Battle of the Oh Wells
Life lately feels like a growing list of “oh wells” The car broke again- oh wellRejected from the 20th job this week- oh wellDog shit on the floor again- oh well Can’t nail down a relationship to save my life- oh wellNeighbors woke me up at 430am for the 17th day in a row- oh... Continue Reading →
Life B.I (Before Internet)
Daily writing promptDo you remember life before the internet?View all responses I took a few days off, saw this prompt and had to chuckle. Remembering life before the internet is why I take breaks from it sometimes. Some weeks I get so caught up in typing away, blogging, Instagram, TikTok, I'll sit back and realize... Continue Reading →
I love when the weather matches my mood
Sometimes we just need a lazy, rainy day to lay on thecouchTV blaring in the backgroundraindrops clinging to windowscreating bubbled artwork across glass canvasesPelting downrhythmic drippingheart beat aligningwaves of calmfloating upheavy limbsDormant for a daywhile it is allwashed awayUntil the sundecides to conquer the cloudsonce again
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 →
A Spring Rejuvenation
I noticed my plants that had been looking quite frail and lackluster as of late have slowly been making their comeback. And really, the same seemed to be true for me- debilitated and pale from the overcast and gloom, I also seemed to be slowly rising from the dark hole that winter pushed me into....
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 →
K.J Stafford 