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 →
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all” – Oscar Wilde
Daily writing promptDo you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?View all responses I wrote a poem based on this quote just last week. Since the moment I heard this quote, it resonated with me. It's so incredibly true. So many people live their lives in a grey cloud. Getting... Continue Reading →
Give yourself Grace
Some days keeping yourself together is hard. There are days when getting out of bed in itselfis a choreBut, somehow you doBoth feet on the floor,dragging but movingdoing the thingseven as your brain fights youbegging you to stop, to lay back downevery step of the wayIt is these days when giving yourself graceis an absolute... Continue Reading →
I wish more people would live life.
I wish more people would live life. There’s that quote by Oscar Wilde: “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”Those are some of the truest words I’ve ever heardWe often lose sight of ourselvesin this life We neglect the things that bring happinessDays filled with performing the... Continue Reading →
Bad Days
Some days I wake up and feel like I’m doing it all wrong. My brain spirals, a journeydown a drain of negative thoughts I beat myself up from the inside outblows flying thoughts clutteredThe life I was content with yesterdaysuddenly no longer good enough todayBurrowing into every minuscule detailpicking apart every aspect Negative thoughts like... Continue Reading →
K.J Stafford 