Perfectionism boosts my inner critic up to maximum volume. This nagging voice amplifies my insecurities. My armor of positivity depletes when my flaws get highlighted. The noise makes it difficult to focus on the present. Yet sometimes, sitting with that discomfort is necessary to move through the fear and make progress. Perceived self-awareness and ego ...

Entropy is always increasing in a closed system. The chaos, the collisions, the madness surges through the neural pathways until there’s nothing left, but the ashes of an overworked brain.   I’m maneuvering in a pool of great struggle, gripping onto what little sanity is around me, only to discover that the waves may reach out ...