When looking back on the last few years, I never really made a clear decision to walk away from music. I simply went from the hectic life of a student and performer to analytically minded business school and then I started working and suddenly, in my free time, music became a hobby rather than a … Continue reading “When words fail, music speaks.”
Tag: Blessings
It’s Time to Declutter
In the last two weeks, I have attended multiple that have me a handful of nuggets of wisdom. These have been kept at the forefront of my mind lately in an attempt to smooth out some of the bumpiness that is my life at the moment. I would like to share a few with you and how I’m applying them to my life, in case it helps anyone reading this out a bit.
The Life I Choose To Live
I choose to life what I consider to be a full life. Sometimes, this can be a bit self detrimental. I tend to hold myself to impossible standards that I set for myself. I have goals to achieve within certain timelines even when I don’t intentionally have them in mind. I take on the struggles … Continue reading The Life I Choose To Live
It is okay to give compliments.
While I agree that it is important to not value people solely on their external appearance, I rather dislike how we’ve trained people in our culture to think “don’t tell women they are pretty. Tell them they are smart or strong or powerful.” (Mostly for women, but this goes for men too). I worked hard … Continue reading It is okay to give compliments.
Life comes like waves.
I don’t know about you, but I have always felt drawn to water. I find a lot of peace when sitting on a coast somewhere, or on the edge of a calm lake. The glasslike surface of still water pulls my gaze and I often find my mind drifting from on incomplete thought or emotion … Continue reading Life comes like waves.
One Day Spent Content
I spent all day at home today. I didn’t spend time with my friends. I didn’t hangout with a guy. I didn’t go to work, or to church, or to the store. I haven’t talked to anyone on the phone. I didn’t study or check on work stuff. I just spent the day at home … Continue reading One Day Spent Content
I wanted a job. I got a career.
Last year I was desperate to find a job to fill the void in my life that was looming at the end of my internship. I never expected the job that would fall in my lap, or the way that job has changed my life.
Hit Me Like A Freight Train.
Over the past few months I’ve been battling my own demons, working my butt off, trying to balance a work and social life, trying to prove myself and improve myself and just struggling with all of that. I have been very hard on myself and disappointed in my ability to just keep smiling and be … Continue reading Hit Me Like A Freight Train.
Devine Perks 