Giving someone else the power to shift your mood, will never lead to happiness. This has been my mantra the last few days as there has been some extremely hurtful words come at me from my past toxic relationships. Pair that with keyboard warriors that perpetually victimize themselves and I need a wall of post it note mantras in my house to keep myself in check. When someone exhibits destructive, derogatory or otherwise uncaring behavior — they are usually acting out from some

We all make mistakes, have struggles and do stupid shit occasionally. We are NOT our fuck ups. We are NOT our struggles. We are NOT our bad decisions. If you’re reading this — you are alive, and can learn from all of these experiences no matter how fucked they were. Life is a series of unfortunate events — each one of which makes us wiser, and accumulate data to better navigate the future. For these experiences develop character. We must learn that the setbacks in life and gr

We’ve all experienced friendships, relationships, or familial break ups. It’s fucking hard. The rollercoaster of emotions and thoughts aren’t for the faint of heart. This becomes extremely difficult if you’re the one holding your dignity, while the other party is throwing metaphorical daggers at you. I often have the thoughts; When will this ever end? Why couldn’t I have just had a normal parting of ways without so much collateral damage? Am I that hard of a person to love? W