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A 30-Year-Old’s Bucket List

The only memory I have of my bucket list involved me anxiously hoping my high school crush didn’t consider me a total loser. There were only two classes in high school I recall his significant presence and most other encounters were outside of class. In one class, we had to present a PowerPoint presentation including aContinue reading “A 30-Year-Old’s Bucket List”

Replace the Pan

2022 doesn’t bring any horrific memories to mind. I celebrated my son’s fourth birthday with his TT. I celebrated my 30th birthday with my mom and her best friend. I continued my book club I created in 2021. I traveled to another state for the first time on my own to celebrate my cousin’sContinue reading “Replace the Pan”

Stop Telling People Life Will Get Better

I’ve never seen life get better. I’ve seen people experience more physical pain as they age. I’ve seen people desperate to leave their abusive relationships but don’t know how. I’ve seen people lose their spouse they spent most of their life with. I’ve seen elderly people sitting with no purpose and slowly fading from this world becauseContinue reading “Stop Telling People Life Will Get Better”

Precious Monster

My first parenting thought was, “They’re legit going to let me leave the hospital with this baby?” Since then, I’ve thought “this kid is the coolest,” “if I could give this kid back, I would,” “my child is a beautiful ray of sunshine,” and “this child is a monster.” Here are a few statementsContinue reading “Precious Monster”

Bullet Journaling – Post Two

I adore bullet journaling. I have around 80 journals (yes, the number keeps increasing) and I bought my first bullet journal a couple weeks ago. I’ve seen bullet journals in passing on social media but never vibed with it because I like to fill my journals solely with words. I didn’t feel creative enough orContinue reading “Bullet Journaling – Post Two”

30 Questions to Ask Your Partner

Here it is. My first silly blog post. I love creating serious, thought provoking content, but coming up with this post brought me extreme joy. Have you ever done one of those “get to know you” quizzes with a potential or current partner? Even if you haven’t, I’m sure we’ve all learned someone’s favorite color,Continue reading “30 Questions to Ask Your Partner”

Bullet Journaling

I started bullet journaling. I have zero clue what I’m doing but it seemed like a fun way to support one of the teenagers I work with while also working on my self improvement. I’ve seen many people track habits in their journals. This is the main purpose for the ones my kiddo and IContinue reading “Bullet Journaling”

To Clean or Not to Clean

It’s been about a month since I posted a Mental Health Monday blog. My mental health took a couple of hits recently that took away my spark to write. I didn’t want to create any reactive material that lacked substance and wreaked anger. I didn’t want to turn my physical tears into written sadness. I’mContinue reading “To Clean or Not to Clean”

AABC – July and August 2022

The Adventure Awaits Book Club read Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell during July of 2022. The book club read Bear Necessity by James Gould-Bourn during August of 2022. We weren’t able to meet over zoom in July so joined the book discussions and met in August. One of theContinue reading “AABC – July and August 2022”

Peer Pressure

It’s my 20th blog post and what better way to celebrate than writing about peer pressure for Mental Health Monday! Peer pressure is being influenced by one’s peer group. Peer pressure is addressed most as a teenager and comes up in shows geared towards teens, addressed by parents and teachers, and is gone by theContinue reading “Peer Pressure”