Published in Alternative Perspectives·Mar 24You’re pretty, you should have babiesWhy I don’t want to have kids, so get off my back Drafted in 2020 but still 100% relevant. People always say to me when are you going to have kids? You’re pretty and you just got married, it’s time for kids. When I respond with well kids might not be in the plan, I’ve never really…Life3 min read
Published in Alternative Perspectives·Mar 24ChaosI’ve spent the majority of my life fighting. Fighting with my significant other, fighting with my family. Running away from the toxic traits that I could so clearly see from a young age. Trying to get away from the unstable feelings and emotions. I wanted to be as far away…Chaoss3 min read
Mar 24Loneliness killsLoneliness is as powerful as smoking or drinking alcohol - Robert Waldinger I just read an article about a study that has been going on for 80 years now at Harvard. The secret to long-term happiness. I have always known deep down that happiness and I mean true happiness is…Life3 min read
Published in Alternative Perspectives·Feb 22Why do you write?It seems that a lot of people on this platform are writing to make money. A lot of us are writing on this platform for the experience and feedback. At the end of the day I think everyone is writing to feel that sense of acceptance. …Life3 min read
Published in Alternative Perspectives·Feb 18The fire insideThat can’t stop thinking about it, can’t stop talking about it feeling I almost forgot what it felt like to feel that fire deep inside. You know the feeling that lights you up? When you are talking with a friend about something that makes your adrenaline rush. …Travel Writing3 min read
Jan 12Boring ass jobI’m an executive assistant. I have had this job for going on 3 years now, It’s so boring to me now! I’m not feeling challenged any longer and frankly, I feel like just another employee. Thanks to the pandemic my relationship with my boss changed in a way that was…Boring4 min read
Jan 10The reality of moving awayI was 21 when I left Michigan and I haven’t regretted a second of it. Sure I have my moments where I long for that familiar sense of driving down a road that my friends and I use to sit on the corner of, but who doesn’t long for that familiar feeling. I just found it elsewhere, in other things. It’s hard to leave, but…Life Lessons3 min read
Jan 9Suck at writing?Honestly, I’m probably a terrible writer, but nonetheless a writer. I started writing at 12. In the past 6 months maybe I have started to say that I write, I’m a writer because frankly, it’s what I enjoy doing. I don’t know what classifies one as a writer. Whether it’s…Writing3 min read
Jan 7Where you come from.My mother is an alcoholic. Flat out, took me until 29 to say it out loud but there it is. If you grew up with an alcoholic parent you know what that means. It may be similar for you, what you had to deal with depending on what type of…Life Lessons4 min read
Published in Alternative Perspectives·Jan 5We all could have a simple life you knowSometimes I think how easy life could be if only I didn’t care. If only I didn’t care about anything. If I didn’t want for anything. If I didn’t desire to do anything or to be anyone. How complicated do we make it for ourselves? You know what I mean…the…Writing2 min read
