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A Week of Thanks Day 3: Learning

A Week of Thanks Day 3: Learning

What is life without the ability to learn? It is bland, boring, and static. Without the willingness to learn, life goes nowhere. There is no movement, fluidity, progression. It is just moving at an incredible…
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3 Tips on How to Get to Know Yourself Better

3 Tips on How to Get to Know Yourself Better

Today's post is for the person who has finally overcome the unfulfilling, toxic habit of seeking confirmation and approval from others. Tip #1: Discover what God says about you Thanks to today's riveti…
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After they've left: time for growth

After they've left: time for growth

Hello, all! I just want to quickly say a major thank you to those of you that have asked about my whereabouts. It has been an eventful season in my life and I apologize for neglecting this platform. It does w…
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It's Time to Take the Next Step

It's Time to Take the Next Step

Today's entry is what I hope will be an honest dialogue. Do you ever just get a little fed up with where you are in your spiritual life ? Have you ever felt like you've gotten to the edge of the vast o…
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When Our Hearts Cry, God Answers

When Our Hearts Cry, God Answers

Has it ever gotten so bad and lonely that the only thing you can hear anymore is the moaning from your own heart? Your favorite song becomes background noise and eventually, the soothing sounds that once fill…
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My Favorite Cup of Joe- A Short Story

My Favorite Cup of Joe- A Short Story

The April morning rain drums on my windowsill and I awake to the soft rumble of restless thunder. The warm glow of my table lamp makes my room feel like a haven from outside's wet storm. My white linen sh…
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5 Self-Care Activities to do Throughout the Day

5 Self-Care Activities to do Throughout the Day

Everyone is talking about self-care. Whether it's influencers introducing you to a new mud mask or  authors and their self-help books, we're all learning a little bit more and more about what self-car…
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What to do When Nothing's Really Happening

What to do When Nothing's Really Happening

So, it looks like you've "followed all the rules" that the experts have given you. You've prayed, stayed positive, made a vision board, put in hard work, spoke good things into the universe,…
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Level Up: Taking it One Day at a Time

Level Up: Taking it One Day at a Time

Yay! We are finally wrapping up this new year's Level Up series. Aw. It's bittersweet, I know, but don't be sad because we are blasting off into a year full of fun, growth, and uplifting conversati…
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Level Up: Dress Like Who You Want to Be

Level Up: Dress Like Who You Want to Be

Remember in primary school when we had “Career Day”? My favorite part was spending hours each night leading up to the big day to choose the perfect outfit that would truly exemplify everything I wanted to be …
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Level Up: Who's in Your Circle?

Level Up: Who's in Your Circle?

I've touched on this subject a little bit in a past post titled, "3 Things You Need to Let Go of to Succeed in Your Career" .  The human spirit desires companionship. This has been the case since A…
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Level Up, love!

Level Up, love!

Honey, listen. We did not go through what we went through in the past for nothing- or at least I surely didn't! I've been hearing the phrase "level up" a lot recently (thanks, Ciara) and I am …
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A reflection of the year 2018

A reflection of the year 2018

8  We are hard pressed on every side,  but not crushed; perplexed,  but not in despair; 9  persecuted,  but not abandoned;  struck down, but not destroyed. II Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV) Oh, yeah. It was a tough one, folks…
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Building Trust

Building Trust

To whom do you give your trust? Our hearts are so tender; so fragile. One heartbreak, is like another beating to it. It's another scar, another blood drop, another wound, and another wall built up. Before…
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On Starting Over: College as a Solo Mission

On Starting Over: College as a Solo Mission

As a new school year is now upon me, so is a new beginning. Last school year, I stumbled across a challenge I'd never found myself facing before; I had to learn to thrive in solitude. Sadly enough, I belie…
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How to Communicate with Yourself

How to Communicate with Yourself

I’m sure it comes as no surprise to anyone that the key to successful relationships is definitely communication. It is imperative to the way we are able to connect with and understand each other. Without prop…
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5 Things to do on Sunday for an Organized Week

5 Things to do on Sunday for an Organized Week

I love Sundays. They are so laid back and chill. It's been the same routine for years: church from morning to afternoon and then home to eat and relax for the rest of the day. But usually, I get so caught…
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Dealing with College Rejection

Dealing with College Rejection

They often say that senior year is the best year. They lie. My senior year was nothing short of a frenzied morass of hard work. Somewhere in the midst of 60-hour school work weeks, tutoring kids after school,…
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Summer Lovin', Had Me a Blast

Summer Lovin', Had Me a Blast

Last summer, I wrote an article for The Odyssey about summer romance. If you want to check that out, feel free to do so here .  Almost an entire year since posting "Why I Was Single This Summer" on th…
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