I turn 39 this year, which means 40 is right around the corner. As I reflect on the last 9 years, I recognize a heaviness in myself that wasn’t there when I first wrote my 30 Things I Want To…
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The quote that best explains 2022 is from Zig Ziglar, a motivational speaker popular in the ‘80s. In his words, You cannot make it as a wandering generality, you must become a meaningful specific. In both my 2019 and 2021…
I know that this post about my 2022 goals is a half year late….but who’s really counting? To tell you the truth, I was BURNT OUT at the beginning of this year. I was not in a good place to…
2021 felt like both the longest and shortest year ever. Year 2 of the pandemic. It all just felt like a blur: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss…
Welcome to Season 2 of 2020. 😉 We’re a month into 2021 and I’m finally ready to talk about my 2021 goals. Ever since Inauguration Day on January 20, I feel lighter and can go to sleep at night without…
Welcome to the dumpster fire that was 2020. 🔥 I don’t know about you, but I came into 2020 the expectation that 2020 was going to be an epic year — the beginning of a new decade! But, as the saying…
This blog post has been a long time coming. It’s about my adulting existential crisis and my struggle to climb this proverbial hump in my life. The last two years, I have not shared much on the blog because I felt like…
On May 25, 2020, a white police officer in Minneapolis killed a black man for allegedly using a fake $20 bill at a convenience store. At a time when we were all staying at home, everyone saw a video recording of…
