“The essential difference between emotion and reason is that emotion leads to action while reason leads to conclusions.” -Donald Calne After a conversation with someone dear to me, I realized that so many people go through life missing an essential piece to the puzzle of life. I learned about the piece as an undergrad …
Many of us do not take the time to reflect on everything that is going well in our lives. Instead, we dwell in a place of lack and we forget about the abundance of awesomeness that is all around us. I began this blog at a time when I was stuck and following the herd. …
It has been two weeks since returning from Aruba and I’ve had some time to reflect on how amazing my trip was. This year, my best friend and I decided to travel to Aruba as a way to celebrate a new achievement. My best friend obtained her master’s degree and we decided that the best …
For months I listened to people like Gary Vaynerchuk on YouTube while on my 25-minute commute to work. I wanted any of the speakers on my YouTube watchlist history to say the right words to make me move on. None of them could say exactly what I needed. Great speakers will never swoop down and …
This post was inspired by a conversation that I had with my best friend and I am dying to share some gems with you all. Obviously by the title Be Open some people think about politics, religion, and possibly gender roles. But today’s post is not about any of those things at all. I want …
For many of us that are on a journey to become a content creator, we struggle at the beginning. In my experience as a kid born in the 90s; content creators were people that worked for magazines, television, and giant advertising companies. I went to uni for business, I wasn’t thinking about creating an uplifting …
Last year I read an interesting article about a man named Jeff Reitz. Reitz had set a record of going to Disneyland 2,000 days in a row. He began going to Disneyland every day as a way to just have fun. Yesterday; while on my last day of vacation, I decided to do almost exactly …
Sometimes I do this thing. I’m sure other people do it as well. I get overly comfortable with a pair of shoes and I will rock them EVERY SINGLE DAY if I don’t pay attention to what I’m doing. When I get into this mode I call the shoe my closet favorite. The funny thing …
Self-love is waking up and smiling because you’re excited about another beautiful day on this Earth. Self-love is giving gratitude for everything in life even when you can’t see the light at the ending of the tunnel. Self-love is being you, unapologetically. Self-love is taking time for yourself and saying “no” sometimes. Have you ever …
I have been out of school full-time for a little over two years now. As I look back I realize I missed out on a lot. The first semester as a college student I did what most kids were doing. I partied — hard! But unlike most kids, I nearly flunked out. My grades were …