When Nothing Makes Sense, Wait.
The past few years have been a bit rocky for me ever since the fluoroquinolone reaction nearly took my life. As someone who runs with new experiences and seeks to grow as quickly as possible, I was forced to take […]
Follow Your Heart, Not Your Ego
No one talks about how following your heart over your success-obsessed ego is really hard sometimes. Maybe I’m afraid to love again.
Why I Name My Years After Colors
Why celebrate the new year when you can celebrate a new chapter of your life?
On When to Let Go
“You could go right now, but I don’t think you’re ready,” he said. How insane for someone else to tell me that I’m not ready?
How to Do More of What You Want and Less of What Everyone Else Wants
It was 2003 and I was in the middle of puberty, one of the most awkward times of a human life. I had my own deodorant, which I didn’t actually ever need, and applied it every day, staining all of […]
Once Grateful for Death
-Written 06/17/2017- When I first noticed my dog was dying, really, this time, she seemed asleep, but she wasn’t. She looked up at me with a yearning to rise up and greet me like she used to: tail wagging, eyes […]
10 Things You Learn When You Think You’re Going to Die
A few months ago (and I’m still not really sure how this whole Mystery Illness is going to turn out), I admit it, I thought I was going to straight up die. I thought I was going to die slowly, […]