Making mistakes is a huge part of life. Everyone we know, even and especially the wisest people you’ve ever met, have made mistakes in their lifetimes. It’s hard to accept. On a personal level, I lie awake at night thinking about the mistakes I’ve made. It can lead to insomnia, anxiety, continuous stress, leading to ...

Every once in a while, I pause to take a look at my life. More often than not, I’ll find that my life isn’t where I want it to be. When feeling this way, I decide to “purge”  things that don’t help me achieve the life I want. My past decisions have taught me I ...

Each morning begins to feel like a chore. She will wake up and stare at the ceiling. She will stare at the wall. She will stare at anything able to be a distraction. The distraction does not need to be huge – it needs to be anything as long as she can distract herself from ...

This is my 6-month check-in for an article I wrote back in January, about the problem with perfection and why to take chances. You can read that article here.   The premise of the article was the fear of failure, and how I decided that I was going to push myself to take chances and ...

“What I would give to have one more day of that year.” A friend recently shared a group photo from almost eight years ago, and a mutual friend commented this sentiment on it. The photo has over a dozen people in it. Most would agree that it was an incredible year, full of fantastic memories. ...

I had a lot to think about as far as fake friends after being homeless, so I went to sites like LifeHack.org and Huffington Post to look up signs of fake friends and how to deal with them. It gave me a lot to think about and my local church leaders gave me input as well. But, ...