How many times have you done your best, poured your heart and soul into something, and received no recognition? No one recognized how hard it was. No one saw how you struggled to learn things so you could do well. No one realized you did this on top of all your other work. No one… Read More Motivational Monday: Do Your Best Anyway
I’ve had a frustrating realization, and I decided to share it with everyone here. My reason for it isn’t to garner sympathy, but to show how I use the skills I write about. This post may be long, and I’ll put a TRIGGER WARNING here that I’m going to be discussing the ways depression and… Read More Freeform Friday: My battle with depression
Though I tend to post self-care ideas that are focused on the “fun stuff” there’s another type of self-care that is much harder at times. This is the list of things I gleefully toss under “adulting” and try to ignore. Doing laundry, paying bills, cleaning house, even cooking as much as I enjoy it, they’re… Read More Self-Care Saturday: Reward Yourself
You know what? Life is hard. Every day we deal with stress from multiple angles. Some of it we can’t do anything about, some we can. Regardless, here we are, another week survived, endured, or perhaps triumphed over. GOOD JOB YOU! No, I mean it. Good job! It’s not easy to keep your feet under… Read More Self-Care Saturday: Reward Yourself
Kambry Ellis 