Nothing In Life Is Worth Pursuing Without Being Paid

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all. Welcome to what, you may ask? First on the agenda is a statement of "congratulations" because we have made it as generations, as cultures, and as people in general. We have made it to exactly where we didn't want to be. I have this idea in my...

The Difference Between Being A Dreamer And A Thinker...

I had the word "dreamer" as a descriptor of myself in my social media profiles for a few months, but removed it recently because I actually sat back for a bit and thought about what that meant.  The conclusion I came to was that the word had no business existing as an adjective making reference to any...

This Is Why I Am Not Going To My High School Reunion...

This was me at seventeen years old.  This is not who I am now. But yes, I still have that car. A group popped up on Facebook about a year ago for my high school graduating class and I only noticed it because my "friends" were joining it left and right.  In the back of my mind, I knew my ten year...

False Influence and Shattered Expectations...

I had a conversation the other day, and by "had a conversation" I mean someone disagreed with me about about something I posted on Facebook and it ended up with two of my friends talking about chocolate-covered Skittles.  Because, what is my life but not candy and intellect, right? Digression...That...

This Is Why I Don't Celebrate My Birthday...

 Typing this out makes me feel a bit dumb, but assumptions float around in practically everything we do. Even though we should not, everyone makes assumptions, just as everyone cares what someone else thinks about them to a certain extent.  I do and so do you - do not kid yourself. When someone...