Mental Health
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An Hour and a Half Away
People don’t lack opportunity.They lack meaning. Opportunity exists endlessly around us. The beauty of opportunity is that it can always be created — even from nothing. In 2012, I had just graduated college and was still working at McDonald’s. The frustration of being nowhere, being no one, having no destination hit me in ways that… Continue reading
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No Place Left to Hide
I used to wonder if anything I did would ever amount to anything before a world war started. That was how extreme my thinking became. So I disconnected. And when I did, I was left with a problem I wasn’t sure I was ready to face. I had my own insecurities—ones I couldn’t blame on… Continue reading
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The Year I Was No Longer Needed – 2025
It’s midway through January of 2026, and I’ve spent the last two weeks sick. In that stillness, I found myself reflecting deeply on 2025 and all the change that unfolded throughout the year. So much shifted in my life, and with that change came a quiet turmoil in my emotional well-being. I had to learn… Continue reading
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The Weight of Silence
Silence — it’s rare these days. Whether it’s the hum of the outside world or the distractions we choose to fill the void, we do everything we can to drown it out. Music, podcasts, TV shows running in the background — all to escape the stillness that makes us uncomfortable. But silence isn’t when the… Continue reading
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It’s Been A While
I’m sorry for the silence. This platform has always been a space I built for myself—to reflect, to process, to be honest. But for a while, it also became a reminder of just how much has happened. The truth is, I don’t think I ever fully processed the last 11 years of my life. But… Continue reading
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Life Isn’t About Being Happy
What I’ve come to understand about life is the beauty of life itself — the spectrum on which it exists and unfolds. When we talk about life, let’s stop and look at it differently for a moment. What is the definition of happy? Of sad? We reduce happiness to a smile and sadness to a… Continue reading
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The Strength of Vulnerability
Vulnerability—it’s a word that’s been thrown around a lot lately. Too often, it’s associated with weakness and pain. Scroll through social media, and you’ll find endless clips reinforcing this idea: how women find vulnerability in men unattractive, how men don’t feel safe expressing their emotions because it makes them seem less of a man. It’s… Continue reading
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The Weight I Carry
“I could never die, nor even think about something like suicide because, for as hard as life might be, for as much as I’ve been through, there are people I could never disappoint.” I said this to my therapist last year. For the longest time, it had been just a feeling—an unspoken truth buried beneath… Continue reading
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10 Year Reflection
In 10 years, so much has happened. While some days feel like nothing has changed, moments like this grant me the grace to reflect and see just how much has passed. My life was once selfishly lived. It revolved around my own desires, my own wants and needs. Ten years ago, I could have claimed… Continue reading
About Me
I’m no one more special than any of you reading this. I work as a custodian during the evenings but every other time of the day I spend chasing a dream I’ve had since I was 16.
I have always believed there to be more to this life and I hope with this blog, my stories and journey in life, that I can share my experiences with all of you.
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