Tag: people
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Dear Grandma Janice…
Dear Grandma Janice, You would think that after five years I would have a lot to tell you right off the bat. But right now I’m not quite sure what to write. You cross my mind at least once a day, and some days are harder than others. I often think about what you would…
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Comparing myself to other people
I am a unique individual. No one can be me except me. I have my own part to play in the story of the universe, and it cannot be told by anyone else. If my life is so important and it’s important for me to embrace my individual identity, then why do I find myself…
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Having a Different Story
When I was a teen, one of the only things I was proud of myself for was me being an individualist. I was comfortable with being different from everyone else and not taking the path that was expected of me. I embraced my uniqueness and saw it as a source of strength, instead of seeing…
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My Message for World Mental Health Day 2019 (October 10)
I could write about so much for World Mental Health Day 2019. In some sense this year has been pivotal for my mental health. For both the good and bad that has happened, 2019 will be a year that I will remember vividly on my journey. The lessons that I have learned have helped me…
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My Quarter Life Crisis
When I was a teenager I always imagined that my life would be so much better when I reached my twenties. I thought I would have my dream job of being a full time writer, make enough money to be well off, and have all my life issues figured out. I always thought my twenties…
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A Brush of Paint (Suicide Prevention Month 2019)
I find that one of the hardest things to talk about with anyone is suicide. It’s the subject that most people like to avoid in conversations. Obviously it’s not an easy nor pleasant thing to talk about, and for many people it can be a trigger for something dark in their lives. Suicide is not…
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“The Good Old Days”
When I find myself thinking of the past, I don’t tend to go to the good old days in my life. Usually I am bombarded by the negative, embarrassing and the somewhat awful memories that I am trying so hard to run from. As I’ve grown older I’ve found it harder to remember the good…
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Finding the will to live
Life has a way of being both beautiful and ugly, wonderful and frightening. Every day you can experience a whole host of different emotions that can make you feel as high as the clouds or like you’re sinking to the bottom of a deep abyss. With everything that life can throw at you during any…
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You are Important
I believe that for most (if not all) people there is a desire to know that they mean something. Everybody wants to be important to both people they are close to and even others who they aren’t as close to. People want to know that their existence has significance. And I don’t think that there’s…
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What I Want to Do Before I Die (Part 1)
What do you want to do before you die? That’s a pretty loaded question for anyone to answer, and one that many of us probably don’t think about on a day-to-day basis. Weirdly enough, a week before my high school graduation, I sat down and wrote out a bucket list. Or as I titled it…
Uele Nayo 