Becoming Me · February 06, 2025

You know that feeling when your kindness feels more like a curse than a blessing? Yeah, let's talk about that. Last week, I found myself sitting in my car, hands gripping the steering wheel, wondering for the millionth time why I couldn't just say "no" to a coworker who, once again, dumped their work on me. Sound familiar? Here's the thing about being nice – it's exhausting. Not the actual act of kindness itself, but the way some people treat it like an all-you-can-eat buffet of your time,...

Becoming Me · November 09, 2024

I've been staring at this blank screen for twenty minutes, trying to find the perfect way to start this post. The irony isn't lost on me – here I am, writing about emotional instability while feeling anxious about writing about emotional instability. But maybe that's exactly where this story needs to begin: in the messy middle. Let's be real. Some days, I feel like I'm riding an emotional rollercoaster that I never stood in line for. One moment I'm soaring high with motivation and joy, and...