This month, we had a death in the family. And death can be a mirror - a mirror in which our convenient self-delusions crumble. I believe that we honor the dead by speaking honestly about them, and I've

The following is a rewrite of an old post last year. It’s about 50% recycled and 50% new. —- Framing is everything. Framing is the difference between fulfillment and discomfort. It’s the difference between

I’m still in the process of learning to trust life. Trusting life doesn’t mean that life will only give you positive things. It means that there is some kind of meaning or purpose to everything that happens.

As is often the case, the patterns in my life are really shouting out to me these few days. Yesterday and the day before were full of these tiny synchronicities. Let's see if we can find any patterns.

I’ve been dabbling in different social media platforms the past year with the intention of becoming fully able to support myself with my creative work. Obviously I love this community and would spend all

Holy shit what a productive day yesterday! The amazing part is that I didn't even realize I had done all this work. I actually felt like I was being lazy because of the way I spaced everything out and

I always feel awkward about how to charge money for something I’ve made or a service I can provide, but then again, I don’t feel guilty about receiving any amount of money which is given to me in good

Since I was a kid, I knew I was going to write. I didn't know exactly what I would write, but I was damn sure I was going to write something that I'd share with the world. At first I imagined doing it

Fame and attention is a common theme in my life right now. I guess when you are overcoming a fear, it has a way of poking at you. That’s right, I’m scared of attention, especially the attention that fame

Smoking Bush HELLO The bush smoked! Not once, twice. Not only that, about ten minutes later, it did it again, as I stood closer and faced it full on. The first time, I’d just finished shooting photos in

Hi everyone! My real name is Claressa, a 25 year old woman who loves good music, a Harry Potter fan and a self- proclaimed bookworm. Aside from that, I also love to travel. To explore and to roam soothes

I wanted to be the girl I envisioned myself since grade school. Unfortunate enough, I became exactly the girl I never thought existing. A girl surrounded with too much norms her wild soul cannot imagine;

Good day steemians, Where will you be in five years? A helpful way to access your perception of the future is to imagine in some detail where your life will be in five years.The following exercise will