February 18th 2017
Every year I do spring cleaning for my soul.
Security
February 4th 2017
Security (n): the state of feeling safe, stable, and free from fear or anxiety.
What The Summer Has Taught Me
August 14th 2016
The future is terrifying. I wrote a bunch of flowery ways of getting that point across but all of them sounded relatively insincere. Also, since I’m trying to be as real as possible in this post, I had to google insincere because I was spelling it so wildly wrong that spellcheck couldn’t fix it.
How to Not Give Up on Love in 3 Easy Steps
June 25th 2016
So I’m guessing if you’re reading this, you’re looking for reasons to not give up on love. Maybe you’ve been cheated on….or maybe you’ve fallen hopelessly head-over-heals-in-love with someone who hasn’t done so much as to give you a passing glance…or maybe you’ve just felt as though there is no one out there who checks all your boxes…or, worst of all, you just feel all around unworthy of love and have developed a kind of apathetic attitude towards all things gushy, warm, and romantic. Well, lucky for you, random internet stranger, I have constructed a list of 3 simple steps/reasons to not give up on love in order to help you (and myself) to continue believing that somewhere in this screwed up world there is someone out there looking for you.
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A Believer in Things
June 24th 2016
I am a believer in things. I am a believer in people. I am a believer in love. I am a believer in the universe. I am a believer that we learn from what the world puts in front of us. I am a believer in change.
I Don’t Enjoy Coffee, But I Know a Good Cup
June 7th 2016
Alright, so I had been thinking about making a post about my sexuality for a long time because I feel like sexuality is not very often discussed when you identify as heterosexual. Heterosexuals seem to have a very “it is what it is” outlook on how they view their own sexuality and they often fail to explore the layers of themselves in order to not challenge their self-assigned label. I, on the other hand, have spent a lot of time truly trying to pin down what exactly I am in terms of a sexual being and have reassigned myself an individual label that I am pretty sure is not an actual term, but for myself it is one:
I am a heterosexual, bi-appreciative (or pan-appreciative) individual.
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Nighttime Nostalgia and Drowsy Thoughts
May 15th 2016
It is currently 2:43 AM as I begin this post and the reasons for that are that:
- I lost track of time and somehow ended up being awake this late…or early depending on how you look at it
- My anxiety is going wild right now which is sort of why I’m writing right now
Bruises Heal and People Leave Sometimes
April 16th 2016
Bruises Heal and People Leave Sometimes. I thought of that short phrase as a stared at my bruised knee in the bathroom mirror and noticed how the size had gone down and the color was returning to normal. I had hit my knee into a piece of sound equipment I was loading in for a music festival at school a week ago. The bruise was big and trailed from the top of my knee to the bottom in small blobs of brown, black, purple and blue. It was as though the whole universe, with its galaxies and stars and colors, was shrunken down and put on my knee for me to watch over and protect.
Badasses, Castle Dwellers, and Time Beings
April 10th 2016
Lately I’ve sort have been on a reading kick. I get into these kicks a few times a year where I read a few books then stop reading all together for a really long while until I find a new good book and get flung back into my reading obsession. I’m trying my best to remain consistent with a lot of things including my reading, because I tend to phase in and out of my obsessions with things or even just healthy habits. That’s why this year, I have become determined to stay on track with my reading and read some classic books and novels as well as books I wouldn’t normally think to pick up, in order to broaden my mind a bit and keep it open to new ideas.
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#Goals Made Me Hate Myself
April 8th, 2016
The topic of “#goals” and how it has impacted our society is something that has been widely debated and discussed over the past couple of years. So, naturally, being a 21 year old female living in the peak of millennial culture, I thought I would take it upon myself and join the conversation. This is my story of how “#goals” made me hate myself.
JessofEarth 