A moment of depression led to a realization about myself that reframes my perspective on myself, both looking back and toward the future. What was it I said? Something like, “How are you supposed to feel like you’re alive if it feels like the only good things that change in your life are by your … Continue reading That’s Why I’m So Weird!
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Recovering My Happily Ever After
When I was eighteen I wrote a self-insert Beauty and the Beast retelling with the premise, “What if the prince had accepted the enchantress’s rose? And what if they were true loves?” (And I gender-swapped them.) I felt I was a hopeless romantic, and at that age I was starting to feel like the world … Continue reading Recovering My Happily Ever After
Creating The Life I Want
All this time I thought intentionality had to be rigid. Schedules, routines, habits, patterns that you lock into your life. I've tried time and time again to bring rigidity into my day-to-day, thinking that if I just get the right patterns going I would solve all my life's problems: eating healthy and exercising, maintaining regular … Continue reading Creating The Life I Want
Mariah K. Porter 