What the hell. until next time, ~A **UPDATE** (1/12/2022) Because full transparency is kind of my thing, I feel obligated to write about how this online dating experience has been unfolding for me…it’s going… surprisingly well. In a huge effort to encourage myself to inch out of my comfort zone, I decided that dating apps were the way to go. Smart, not bright. The outcome seems to be heading in a good direction, (here’s looking at you, D 😉🤗) but let me just elaborate on the absolute cluster fuck online dating can be. I’ve heard stories, but lately have been living them first hand. It’s… wild. I’ll write more about…

… sometimes hurts less than holding on. Stay close to the people who feel like sunshine and drop the people who intentionally drain yours. Sometimes you just have to show up for yourself. ‘Let go or be dragged.’ Let me tell you, no one deserves to be dragged. No one deserves to be treated like garbage. Some people are just not good people. Let shit go and more importantly, let go of people who make you feel like shit. ✌🏻 Until next time, ~A

It’s no secret to anyone close to me that my entire world has changed in the worst fucking way imaginable. It’s also not a secret to those same people that some days I don’t carry myself in the best of ways. If pushing people away were an Olympic sport I would not only get the gold medal, I would also hold the world record. Fight on, fighter. There are days when it feels like it would be easier to give up. Giving up would be the appropriate response to all of the shit I’ve been through. Fight on, fighter. There have been days that I wake up and wish I…

Depression. The Dark Side Mental health is such a taboo topic. Which is ludicrous to me. We find so many ways to avoid it, dismiss it, justify it or just plain outright ignore it. We laugh it away, drink it away, sleep it away, work it away, sex it away, eat it away, buy it away or anything else we can find to distract us from the hurt. The Dark Side We spend so much time focusing on the physical well-being of our bodies, but skip right the fuck over what is happening in our heads. The Dark Side Anything to ignore what is causing us so much pain. If…