Amanda, you were right. When faced with adversity or an awesome presence, I talk big talk, but shrink and hurt myself for not being enough. I’m challenging habits that I spent 10 years making and fixing them to work out my school schedule. People always called me the “golden boy,” the “one who will do … Continue reading Facing Adversity
Tag: procrastination
Opportunities
Days go by and I stare at my ceiling, waiting for the inspiration to do something.If there is anything that I have learned during this quarantine, it's that I am more of a dreamer than an achiever. I often dream of my success, or putting in the work to get to somewhere, instead of actually … Continue reading Opportunities
Blank Slate
I need a blank slate. Not because I want to reset, but because I need to think.There's too many voices inside of my head telling me to drive different ways. I have so many requests to go left and right, backwards and forwards. My GPS is glitching out due to static interference.What I really need … Continue reading Blank Slate
Me Time Is Free Time
School ended on the 19th of December. I quit my job at McDonald's on the 15th of December. (There, for those of you who wanted to know what I was referring to my "job" or "restaurant" I worked at, it was that.) I started up my barista job full time on the 15th of December. … Continue reading Me Time Is Free Time
Hypocrite
According to Vocabulary.com's definition, the word hypocrite is rooted in the Greek word hypokrites, which means “stage actor, pretender, dissembler.” So think of a hypocrite as a person who pretends to be a certain way, but really acts and believes the total opposite. I am, indeed, a hypocrite. I know that everyone in the world is a hypocrite, in any … Continue reading Hypocrite
Halfway to Forever 