Whenever you pivot, there is a window of time that you need to experience before you get your bearings and gain back your momentum, like an extended wobble in a boxing match and an adjustment in equilibrium. For most, pivoting brings a new city, career, relationship, or partner. These decisions and actions weigh heavier than […]
Do you love your relationships? Let me ask that again, but more specifically. Do you love your career? Do you love your hobbies? Do you love your partner? Your friends? Your family? Do you love where your life is heading? Are you honestly in love with these things and enjoy your time at them and […]
Almost every self-help writer or "Motivational Monday" social media poster will tell you to be selfless, give back to others, and live a "life of service." I've written 1000s of words that would lead you to believe that this is a healthy practice and the answer to true happiness. Maybe we're all wrong? We must […]
I don't have enemies. I certainly have plenty of reasons to have a laundry list of names (with a line crossing out those names), but I would not consider any of those people "enemies." Mostly, those I have removed from my life, or they have removed themselves, do not creep into my thoughts. I […]
I’ve forgiven everyone who has ever wronged me and I often pray for those who have cut me the deepest.
Stop piling on. It doesn’t help and you’re just adding weight to a situation for the sake of self-pity.
I am a first generation college student. When filling out the applications and contacting schools for information, I was very much on my own. I had no mentors for this and my mom did the best she could to help. Late at night, we took turns typing away on the old school typewriter and hoping […]
As the primary grocery shopper and dinner maker in the Murphy house, it is safe to say that I know my way around the grocery store. I know where everything is, (except for that one week when they rearranged the store just to piss me off…I am sure of it!). I am dangerous with coupons […]
If you are a glowing beacon of life, there are two kinds of people youattract. Ignitors and extinguishers. Ignitors---Those who want to help fan your flame and support your ignitionand launch in the world. They want to see you succeed and move barriers just towatch you shine. These people are your mentors, family and they […]