From a young age, we're taught what to believe in. We're bombarded with facts and figures, incessantly told what we need to do to get from A to B in life and made to feel like everything that happens in the classroom is the only thing that matters. But what if, when all is said … Continue reading When You Feel Like You’re Not Where You’re Supposed to be, Remember These Two Things
To those who are caring or involved with someone who has depression, life can be almost as heartbreaking for you as it is for them. More often than not, you find yourself spinning because you have no idea how to help (yet want to dreadfully) and you wish you could just understand what to do … Continue reading 6 Pieces of Honest Advice on How to Help Someone Who is Dealing with Depression
Being an independent individual is most definitely a double-edged sword. Don't get me wrong, the title itself sounds admirable and the qualities needed to earn it are uniquely respectable, but the truth is, sometimes, it can be an utter bummer. Unlike other people, instead of being content with your lot (which, in all honesty, isn't … Continue reading Leave Behind Everything You Thought You Were Supposed to be and Set Yourself Free
Today, I woke up and discovered that, to my dismay, I still wasn't rich. I then checked my Instagram and saw that my follow count was going down faster than a hooker on a promise. Disheartened at my ever-straining activities proving fruitless, I then looked at my emails and noticed it was full of crap … Continue reading Some People Are Just Born Lucky, But That Doesn’t Make You a Loser
Like everyone else on the planet, the person I present online is a far cry from the reality offline. I find that the person who emerges through my fingers is definitely more intelligent than the one that speaks through my mouth. In person, I'm often lost for words. Almost everything interesting about me occurs solely … Continue reading Your Image Doesn’t Reflect Your Intellect
Some days I'm up, other days I'm down. I'll awaken with a sense of urgency in my stomach - ready to take on the world - and my feet will skip with every step as I bounce my way down the sun-drenched path of Happy Street. Then...there are those down days. Those days hurt my … Continue reading This is How it Really Feels to be a Creative
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis It's ironic to think that my greatest achievements resulted from countless years of misery. Over and over, I failed at life. Romantic relationships were not my forte, school-life was hit and miss, friends came in and out … Continue reading Building Castles From Mud Piles – How to Turn a Negative Past into a Positive Future
