...Be grateful, for what you do have, and worry less about what you don't. The grass always seems greener, but sometimes it's just a mirage. Things can get tough whether it be work, relationships, family issues, health... but in the end a lot of these things are either temporary, and there are bigger things at ...
Errand Friend Dates
Tired of running errands? Do they feel like a chore? Not have enough time to hang with friends? Budget a little tight? Here's a thought - how about an "errand friend date"? As I get wiser in age...schedules appear harder, and there's just so much adulting to do. I have one particular friend, who I've ...
Have you looked at the other side?
When it comes to conversations, confrontations, relationships, professional and personal ... it's important, clutch, and courageous to look at both sides of the coin. See the situation from the other person's POV versus just your own. Lets take a relationship for example. You get into an argument over something big, perhaps something that makes you ...
What parts of 2020/2021 might be good to hold on to?
Yes, the pandemic has sucked. Yes, losing businesses, retail closures, restaurants, and broadway and more has sucked. A lot of it, has sucked. Flipping the script for a minute, there have been a few good things that came out of the last year (year+)... Communicating better with friends and family who live further awayTrying to find ...
maintaining friendships
Whether you live next door, in the same city or across the country (or a whole other continent), maintaining a relationship/friendship isn't always easy. We may all have the same hours in the day as Beyonce, but we are not all Beyonce. C'mon now. However, there are some ways friendships survive, and sometimes even thrive. ...
Bailing…What’s the Alt?
We all live busy lives. There's always something "better" to do. Or sometimes our couch is just calling our names in front of the netflix series we're currently digging. It's just too easy to "bail" or have an excuse to skip dinner, that event, or just that hangout. But what if we made the effort ...
to the ones we used to know
We meet a lot of people in our lives - from school to work to casual encounters. Some become friends for life, while others become family, and others are in our lives for a certain time frame. Perhaps just a passing day, month, or a couple years. Each encounter, each human we meet, leaves an ...
Accepting Change
Written by contributing blogger, Sonia Sahota. This August marked one year since I packed up my things from Boston and moved down to the suburbs of Connecticut. It is incredible how much you can learn about yourself in twelve months. A year ago, I was living in the heart of the North End and spent ...
the company you keep
People always say, you're judged by the company you keep. But what about the impact of the people you keep upon you? They either lift you up or make you a worse human being. Less of who you are. Less of who you want to be or imagined yourself as. How do you want to ...
Holding Space for Everyone
Written by contributing blogger, Daniela Forte. I have held space for everyone. Been doing it since I was a child. I didn’t realize this until recently when someone pointed it out. I thought, “Shit, I’ve let everyone in!” Were you a good person, you had a space, a bad person you had a space too. ...