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More often than not we tend to overcomplicate things. I tend to overcomplicate things; I don’t mean to project that onto you. This happens to be the third or fourth draft (I’ve lost count) of this post. One that I started over two weeks ago and have been searching for the right words ever since. […]
They are the post-it notes, Google calendar notifications, and to-do lists that keep me structured and my head on straight. The scribbles on a dry erase board and notes on my iPhone that help jog my memory when I sit down to write; little things to grease the wheels. These are the daily reminders that […]
A paralyzing cacophony of thoughts rattles the walls of my brain like an out of control pinball machine perpetually spewing bonus balls into play. I can’t mash the buttons fast enough to keep any thought from slipping past the paddles; I don’t know what to focus on. This is how I wake up nearly every morning. It […]
It’s a strange feeling – uprooting your life to move somewhere you’ve already decided in your mind that you hate. The handful of times I visited Los Angeles while living in San Diego I fixated on every negative aspect: congested, overpopulated, too big, a lack of natural open space, fake, and just dirty. I never […]