carefully + meticulously planned

there’s you, there’s your desires, + then there’s your life journey. rarely, if ever, is the journey a straight line. sometimes you move in circles until you decide to move different because you’re tired of exhausting your energy going no where.sometimes your journey starts out linear + then boom: detour pops up! now you’re scurrying…… Continue reading carefully + meticulously planned

cut yourself some slack!

you buggin’, fam! you’re telling me that you won’t put out your work because it’s not on “that level” yet? that you’re holding back because you recently started + you don’t have what others have?you’re telling me you pulled your post/shared work because you saw a typo + didn’t have time to correct it … it’s gone?…… Continue reading cut yourself some slack!

no price tag

there’s little to no benefit in having as much as you have in life when you aren’t using it. what’s the purpose of having all those degrees if you don’t share or apply what you’ve learned? what’s the purpose of having relationships when you’re too busy to nurture them? what’s the purpose of wishing for…… Continue reading no price tag

speak life over your life

you say “it’s difficult” like that’s a bad thing + have the audacity to use it as an excuse to not start. you say “it’s challenging” like you won’t emerge victorious, so you keep avoiding what you know needs to be done. speak life over your life, over your situation, + over your circumstances.yes, it may be difficult or…… Continue reading speak life over your life

give yourself some credit

doing something to improve your situation is better than doing nothing + feeling stuck. it takes a certain amount of awareness to decide to do something different, so doing something, no matter how “small” it may seem, is a perfect place to start. give yourself some credit for starting. you’ve designated a journal for journaling.you’ve bought…… Continue reading give yourself some credit

oh, you didn’t know?

permission granted, fam. oh, you didn’t know? i’m giving you the stamp of approval to live your life in the way you’ve always desired.that shit sounds silly because why do you need my approval? don’t wait on me, on ya mama, on ya brother-sister + dem to start living your life, fam.your quality of life is…… Continue reading oh, you didn’t know?

out of the mud

whether you’ve got all the money in the bank or you are living paycheck to paycheck, it’s still possible. what you want in life is still within your reach. the 👏🏾 circumstances 👏🏾 don’t 👏🏾 matter👏🏾 ! in this world, you’ve got people who have gotten it “out the mud” + then there are others who are born…… Continue reading out of the mud

let’s lay it all out on the table

there’s no guarantee that things will work out. there’s no promise that you’ll never face hardships or tragedies. listen — let’s lay it all out on the table:challenges? you’re gonna face them. suffering? oh, it’s bound to happen. fear? oh, it’s gonna appear. there.now that it’s laid out on the table, what now? keep going. don’t…… Continue reading let’s lay it all out on the table