Overthink

Building a consistent and doable routine has helped me lead a happier life.

As the new year excitement winds down and it gets more and more busy, here’s how I’m finding ways to live and go easy on myself.

Aging is scary but taking inventory of the good in life and surrounding yourself with those you love makes all the difference.

Our words and actions can make or break someone’s day. If you have the choice, choose to make someone’s day a little lighter by offering a sense of ease.

Obtaining financial independence is one key way to meet major life goals.

Time has an invariable hold on us, but, thanks to the power of perspective, we're able to control time in small ways to find hope and make positive change in our lives.

The difficult part about overthinking is learning how to turn one’s mind off, but it is possible by learning how to be in the moment and reframing intrusive thoughts.

Storytelling helps keep the past alive and keep the future from being distorted.

A meditation on loss and uncertainty during quarantine.

We live in a world that’s been constructed by those who came before us...

We make the choice to be who we want and create the world we want to see.

Imitation is a powerful tool to help a writer find their voice when used appropriately.

We all have privileges we must acknowledge to make social progress this world desperately needs--even if it is hurtful and angering to do so.

Acknowledge the worth and power and holiness that is the womxn your life, and remember every day is Womxn’s Day.

Even with all the systematic issues surrounding the classroom, teaching is worth it.

Asking questions is the way to finding and developing our perspective of the world.

Confidence is not a necessary ingredient to getting things done. Actually, we get most things done without it.

Writing is overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be if learn how to effectively learn how to break a project down, know what questions to ask and realize you don't have to write ​about everything.

It is tempting to write about the painful aspects of life, but we must not forget the need to also write about the positive aspects no matter how self-indulgent they may feel.

There is a misconception that writing is "...an art of speaking." In actuality, writing, poetry specifically, "is an art of listening," which makes listening to the world around us especially crucial.

To write is an act of revealing one's self to the world and themself.

One of the least discussed barriers to writing is anxiety.

Writing is a revolving practice of patience and forgiveness.