I got yelled at today for over half an hour by an employee who was angry over some things. One of the things that he said multiple times was how he had "anger issues". Don't worry...this blog isn't going to be about me complaining about my job or about my job at all. It has …
Tag: growth
want need or both
Sometimes what you want and what you need are completely different. Other times, they are the exact same thing. This week is all about relaxation. Enjoying time with friends. Being on and in the water. Laughing until we can’t breathe. Taking time away from the responsibilities of being an adult. Turning off the work email …
swept up
Do you really ever heal from past hurts? I got to thinking about the fact that we have all had things in our lives that have hurt us...whether physically, mentally, emotionally... but do we ever truly heal from those hurts or do we just learn a new way of life? Do we put up our …
know me
"How are you?""Fine. How are you?" Most of the time I'm not just fine. That's not how my emotions work. I have big feelings. I have big beliefs. I have stories and dreams. I have memories and regrets. But I don't share those feelings. I want to be known. But I'm terrified of letting my …
4. 2. 6. 9.
Many of us have taken the Myers-Briggs personality test. This weekend, my bff and I started talking about the Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI v2.5)... the Enneagram test. There are nine basic personality types that you could be: The Reformer, The Helper, The Achiever, The Individualist, The Investigator, The Loyalist, The Enthusiast, The Challenger, The …
what would you write
Photo by Linda Eller-Shein on Pexels.com If you had to write on these post-it notes the labels about yourself...what would you write? MomWifeFriendDaughterSisterAuntIn-law Let's go deeper... fearful and surpriseddepressed and thankfulanxious and peacefuldreadful and satisfiedalone and supportedscarred and triumphantinadequate and astoundedinsecure and secureguilty and passionatehopeless and eagersadness and affectionatehurt and optimisticresentful and hopefuldisgusted and excitedconfused …
friend groups
As I look back on the friends that I have had in my life, I have always had different groups of friends. Elementary School: Sunday School friends. School friends. Middle School: Church friends. School friends. High School: Church friends. Neighborhood friends. Band friends. Popular friends. Awkward crowd friends. College: Band friends. Chapel friends. Home friends. …
house on fire
I'm not the best at analogies, but I'm going to give it a shot. Bear with me. There is a house on a hill. It's gorgeous from the outside. Exactly what you would envision a dream house to look like. One day you look at the house and the flames are shooting out from everywhere. …
no more school
I always have these grandiose ideas that sometime during the middle to end of it I wish that someone had talked me out of it. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I realized not long after getting my bachelors degree that a degree in ____ wasn't going to get me anywhere. I thought I knew it …
wasn’t ready for the memories
Do you ever have those things that immediately transport you to a specific time or place in your life? Songs or smells. Certain phrases or drinks that take you from 2022 to a place of the past. Some of the memories are good and some of them are not so pleasant. Some of them are …
Journey to Exist 