Tag: self help
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Losing My Religion
A few years ago christian artist Lauren Daigle released an album with such good hits that it was played on secular music stations across the nation. She amazed the music industry with her meaningful lyrics and captivated non-believers as they found themselves mindlessly singing along to her smash hit “You Say”. I was one of…
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Bathroom Habits
Three years ago I was working as a nursing assistant at my local hospital during the height of COVID. I applied for a job in the hospital because, the restaurant industry that had kept me both employed and well paid since I was sixteen was completely null and void. I began to feel a sense…
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Ice
The best thing about nature is that it reveals things to you when you’re least expecting it. Today I woke up to fog that clouded my vision. Making it quite impossible to see even twenty feet in front of me, let alone the mile I would need to see on my planned hike. Disappointment was…
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The Decade That Lives On
A few years ago my therapist told me that in my twenty’s I would experience some of my best and worst memories of my life. She explained that the low’s would be really low and that the high’s would be really high. It wouldn’t be until sometime in my thirties that the high’s and low’s…
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Cooking For One
When people think about preparing a meal, theres usually a “standard” number of servings associated with the meal they want to make. In my head that standard number is either around four or two for more intimate circumstances. The most exciting part of cooking for most of us quickly becomes the part where we get…
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“I Love Jesus and I Say Fuck”
I’ve been wanting to write this article for some time now but never really got around to it. Yes, the title is a little abrupt but that was exactly my goal. At some point when we shift from teenager life to young adulthood we move out from home and start gaining some form of independence.…
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The Quarter Life Crisis
We have all heard of the mid-life crisis most of our dads have gone through or are soon going to go through. Somewhere in their mid-forties, they decide to put back on their skinny jeans from 2002, sign up for a half marathon, and shop around for sports cars. The mid-life crisis is not about…
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Purpose
One of the themes I see many young people my age struggling with is having a sense of purpose. I know for myself it’s been a pretty prominent theme since I graduated college in December. Many of us go through our days going to work and coming home, doing our “jobs” on our career path,…
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My abrupt decision to go live with elephants for a month.
I would argue that most of us have a breaking point. There comes a time when we cannot take the stress, the chaos, and the hustle anymore. Some of us will break much easier than others, just as some people may break more frequently than others. I did not expect to have my “mini life…
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That time I rage screamed off the grand canyon…
“Rage” is a strong word that can be very indicative of how we are feeling. When I think of the word rage in my head, I don’t see darkness, I see bright colors of red, orange, and yellow. I see blurriness caused by the sheer speed of everything whipping around. I hear loud music that…
Now What? 