New Year’s Resolutions New Year’s Resolutions are more like goals for me. I start them and keep up with them. The difference for me is if I forget to do it every day, I will keep continuing with my goal. An example is that I set a goal to write 500 words a day of ...

This past year I failed a lot. I let those failures get to me, and I lost all of my confidence. My therapist said the last week of the year should be a time for goal setting. I have set goals in the past with the frame of mind that I cannot consider them a ...

This year has not started as I imagined at all. I expected there might be another mandatory quarantine because of people wanting to celebrate the New Year the way they do every year. This year just seems like it’s going to be a very violent one if the first few weeks are any indication. I’m ...

I started 2020 with the idea of being open to whatever is coming to me, I do realize a blanket statement like that certainly allowed some negativity to cross my path. I continue to strive to look towards the bright side of everything, and in the process of living through a pandemic, I have ...

It’s finally here: 2021. After the shit-show that was 2020, I’m eager to see what the new year will bring. Realistically, things won’t change overnight, but the dawn of a new year brings hope—and hope is something a lot of us are looking for right now. While I enjoy the clean slate approach of the ...

This week started a new year. I think everyone is ready for this particular cycle around the sun to be over. The thing is that this is our new normal for a little while longer at least. The only thing we can do right now is to make the best of a bad situation. This ...

Grumble Rumble Stumble RoarWe all go marching out the doorGrumble rumble stumble roarBoy, this year has been a choreGrumble rumble stumble roarRolling all around the floorGrumble rumble stumble roarGosh you sure have been a choreGrumble rumble stumble roarI just don’t like you anymoreGrumble rumble stumble roar2020 your out the doorGrumble rumble stumble roarAll the love ...

Every year, I watch the New Year’s Eve ball light up like fireworks on the 4th of July   As the clock slowly makes its way towards midnight, my heart beats rapidly from all of the excitement   My eyes light up, my smile grows more full as I watch the ball come down the ...

The title is a bit misleading, I know, since it is not just a new year but also a new decade. I’m left sitting here dusting off memories not just from the past year but also the past decade. The next thing that comes to my mind isn’t what my resolutions or goals are for ...