Mornings are beautiful. Mornings are gorgeous. Mornings are divine. Not enough people think so though. It's part of our society to bash mornings because those initial moments aren't comfortable. It's hard to wake up. It's hard to see the beauty of the morning. When your head is hunched over your coffee, when you're squinting in the sun on ...
Whoops, sorry to break it you but I don't drink. And I'm not an alcoholic. And it's not because my father was. I just don't drink. At least not very often. What? Why? How?! You'd think I'd just admitted to a murder by the kinds of reactions I get when I simply say "I don't drink". ...
It's another overcast day. Shocking! The last few weeks...okay months here in Chicago have been remarkably cloudy and not your cotton balls in the sky kinda cloud. More like a layer of slimy riverbed has been chucked into the air. Some days you're lucky if there's a difference between night and day. Okay, a little ...
It's Friday. That means the weekend is coming up but it also means that lots and lots of people will be spending their time out at restaurants, bars, clubs, social gatherings, what have you. Most weekends, and some weekends, I'll get asked to go out somewhere. And, most of the time, my answer is "No, ...
Here it is! The very first installment of the series “What I Mean When I Say” has arrived!
Here it is! The very first installment of the series "What I Mean When I Say" has arrived!
Trusting anything is hard whether we like to admit it or not. It's always a gamble. That's not to say it won't work out or that it's bound to fail, but it is always a gamble. When we think of trust our minds often jump to one thing: trusting people. The second thing we think of ...
I don't think I need to tell anyone to do this twice but...go soak up the sun! Enjoy it. Put on some black clothes, lather up in sunscreen if it's actually warm, put on some glasses and soak it up. But nothing on this blog is that simple so let's examine. Let's say it's summertime. 90 ...
You have one life. Why not live it to the fullest?
You have one life. Why not live it to the fullest?
I'm biased, but I tend to think depression is one of the hardest things a person can endure. And there are not enough resources to help people in many situations until it is too far gone or way too late. Depression is stigmatized and the people isolating themselves are isolated further. But enough of that. ...
I'm a morning person (never, ever, ever thought I would say that). This is coming from the author who stayed up all night until sunrise. Multiple times. Night was my habitat. Until I realized, I was lying to myself. And a year later, I accepted that yes, I was a morning person. The change started in winter. WHAT? ...
