For most of my life, I carried around a mental picture of who I was supposed to become and what my life was supposed to look like. It was a picture built from expectations, dreams, assumptions, and a little bit of societal pressure sprinkled in for flavor. I thought I knew the timeline. I thought…
Life has a funny way of getting overwhelming in ways that don’t always make sense. Some days I feel like a functional adult with a solid grip on everything, and other days I’m one minor inconvenience away from dramatically whispering, “I can’t do this,” to absolutely no one. When the world feels heavy or chaotic—or…
For the longest time, I believed love languages were neat, polished little categories you could check off like a multiple-choice quiz. Words of affirmation? Cute. Acts of service? Lovely. Quality time? Adorable. But somewhere between growing up, messing up, figuring things out, and watching people show up for me anyway, I realized my real love…
Every week of my life feels a little like a reality show no one asked for but somehow keeps getting renewed. There’s always just enough chaos to keep things interesting, just enough small victories to convince me I’m doing something right, and at least one moment where I look around and think, “Surely there’s been…
There are plenty of things in life I genuinely try hard at, but if we’re being honest—and we always are here—there are also things I confidently pretend I’m good at even though the evidence says otherwise. This post isn’t about perfection or improvement or becoming “the best version” of myself. It’s about the hilarious, slightly…