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rephrase & refocus.
Life can be incredibly unfair and unkind to us at times, which makes it difficult for us to process. Sometimes it can feel like someone controls your life with the rolling of a dice to determine your next journey. If you’re lucky, the dice could roll on a 7 but alternatively, the outcome could be
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the best r&b album i’ve heard this year.
Exhilaration, warmth, and the recollection of childhood memories listening to Usher, Destiny’s Child, and Aaliyah, can only express few of the many emotions that I experienced on my first play through of Larger Than Life. Brent Faiyaz went back in time to bring a sense of familiarity unified with a modern day approach, gifting us
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expectations vs. reality
The golden rule we learn growing up is to, “Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you”. Ingenuously, I took that rule to heart and expected everyone to uphold it to the same standards as I did. And boy was I wrong. Not only will there be people who won’t treat
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consistency is bad?
If you’re not careful, consistency can become this toxic practice that results in self-manipulation and gaslighting. I know that’s a lot to dissect, so let’s talk about it. It’s been a few weeks, maybe even a month, since my last post and I’ve been dealing with a lot of self-guilt because of it. At the
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success is priceless.
How would you define success? When you take into consideration the current societal standards of the world, what does success look like for you? As a woman, society tells me that success aligns with getting married, having kids, and taking care of my family. Ironically, that definition of success is something I have no desire to
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there is no timetable for growth.
I find the most beautiful thing about discernment is the realization of what you’re doing is just a stepping stone in the path you are on. Let’s say you decided at the beginning of this year that you wanted to be a painter. You gather all of the necessary tools and brushes you’ll need to