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…
Personal Growth
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…
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…
I imagine myself looking back at this blog post years from now and wanting to get some answers from 2020 Shelly. Before you jump into this post, I want to caveat that I am not a doctor, not a scientist…
This picture of my turnip harvest says it best. 2020 has not lived up to its hype and expectations. Here I was, expecting 2020 to be epic AF but it’s feeling like a dud. It’s been 5 months since someone…
Originally, I was going to use this post as a way to share a few things I wanted to remember from the year, similar to my 2013 year in review. “Here’s some places I traveled to, restaurants we ate at” –…
Note: I debated if I should publish this blog post since most of my posts lately have been so emo.Instead of spiraling into the dark hole of self doubt, I pinged a friend: “Should I delete this emo ass blog…
