I have been waiting to write this blog post until things were 100% official….April 24, 2023, things were made it official—Aaron Rodgers was traded to the New York Jets. The whole situation has been a shitshow from the beginning to now. I have gone through a mix of emotions. I hate that he stated he
If you know me, you know I love music. All kinds of music. I don’t discriminate. I have playlists for when I am sad, for when I am angry, when I am happy, and for special events in my life. Music drives me and my life. I wake up in the morning to Riser by
Feeling a certain amount of fear and worry about the future is natural. Most people think about their future, and what that future may hold regularly. Anxiety has some indicators: hyperventilating (rapid breathing), feelings of dread, being “on edge,” increased or heavy sweating, muscle twitches, tiredness (lethargy), weakness, insomnia/difficulty sleeping, chest pain, muscle pain, rapid
You’re walking through life, and BOOM everything changes. Your life can change in a day, in an instant. This recently happened to me, and I’m not going to lie, it rocked my world. But, not in the way I expected it to. On November 19, 2022, I was hacked. I was at work, busy helping
Some things get better with age—a fine wine, stinky (tasty) cheese, whisky, beef, cast iron skillets (we purposefully season them), balsamic vinegar, jeans, leather, and one of my favorites: pickles. But who can say, we as people can’t get better with age? As humans, we fear age—hate age, but why? I know so many people
Time is an interesting concept. Various dictionaries have defined time as follows: the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present and future regarded as a whole (Oxford Dictionary); the measured or measurable period during which an action, process or condition exists or continues (Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary), but how does one actually
I recently watched the movie, Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. There is a scene in the beginning of the movie in which Charlie Bucket’s family is talking about Charlie finding one the 5 Golden Tickets. Charlie’s mom comments that the likelihood wasn’t very high because there were a lot of people in the world.
Kindred spirit (n)- a person whose attitudes or interests are similar to ones’ own. The Kindred Spirit Mailbox | thekindredspirit.net Have you ever been inspired by something you read, or saw on tv, or both? I have one of those stories and experiences. When I first moved to NC, 23 years ago, I first heard
Lately, I have realized I live my life by going through the motions. I wake up. I go to work. I come home, eat, read, watch Jeopardy, do my journaling activities, and go to bed. I job hunt, a lot. May-July I went to my second job. Sometimes, I go to the store to buy
“I’m sorry,” two of the most difficult words we, as humans, have to say, and most of us have to say those words quite often. We do dumb things. We do hurtful things. We have to express regret for wrongs we’ve done. We all make mistakes, and sometimes hurt people through our behavior, words, and