Making Choices & Losing Weight: A Journey

On March 6th, 2017 I had my first appointment with a Bariatric doctor. About a month before that, I sat with mother at Candy’s Country Kitchen eating French toast with cinnamon butter and discussing my options for weight loss. Weight was heavily hung on my shoulders for most of my life. I was always the …

What’s In My Journal?: Reference Pages

I am at home sick in bed desperately trying to catch up on Grey's Anatomy before the Season 13 Premiere tomorrow night (if you're wondering, I am on Episode 14 of Season 12... can I do it??). I drove all the way to work this morning and ended up driving home 2 hours later because …

Page Layout Tricks: Make Your Own Stencils

One of the hardest parts of keeping up with my bullet journal is laying out my daily pages (in an upcoming post, you can see the layout of my journal). Something that I created that has made all the difference for me is stencils. Using a ruler for everything little thing can be annoying, especially …

11 Schools Denied Me So I Did 11 Things for Myself

After I had graduated college in the Spring of 2015, I had no job outlooks and 5 graduate programs had just denied me admittance. This was heartbreaking because I had always seen myself as a very capable and devoted student, especially to my area of study, of which I talked about all the time and …

I Read Old Diary Entries & Now I’m Responding to Them

So my friend Sarah and I recently watched a documentary on Netflix called “Mortified Nation”. It’s HILARIOUS. Essentially, it’s a show where willing participants read their journals/diaries/notebooks from when they were younger to an audience. This inspired both me and Sarah to pull out those old boxes at the back of our closets and start …

What Happens When You Are Reunited With Your Long Distance Best Friends for A Night Out

I asked one of my friends what I should write about, and she just responded with “tequila”. ‘NEAT IDEA’ I thought, but then I also gagged a little. I have written many other posts that were a little more serious and controversial and while I’m happy with them and want to post them, this week …

I’m Not Headed Back To College Right Now & It’s The Worst

I GRADUATED AND MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. The mistake is not that I graduated from college; that is a great accomplishment. But my mistake is that I’m on social media. OH THE PAIN of the snapchat stories of people in my favorite bar, the instagrams of Creamery Ice Cream, the Facebook albums entitled ‘Round 3, …

I Went To Church

It was a day just like today. The sky was blue and the air was warm, and August was upon us, signaling the end of the summer. I got a call, I cried (we all did), and I asked, “why?” I haven’t been to church in awhile. Over these past couple years, I began questioning …

I Cleaned My Room

I recently cleaned out my room. Like REALLY cleaned it out. And I learned a lot in the process. I understand that a lot of people don’t have a 3 or 4 days to completely clean out their room, and paint it, and rearrange it, and redecorate it, and take new life into it. BUT, …

Relating to Listicles and Other Problems

Someone recently came up to me and asked, “When are you going to release more writing on your blog?” I was taken back because A) I didn’t think anyone in particular read my stuff, this blog was for more or less my enjoyment and distraction and B) I didn’t have an answer for her. It’s …