“Andrea you have got to figure out why you put yourself in a position to be disappointed when you knew that they were not emotionally available for you to pursue romantically. Them being emotionally unavailable is not a challenge! Stop treating it like one!” I stood there stunned. My good friends know me well enoughContinue reading ““Emotionally Unavailable” is NOT a challenge”
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When Grief Sets In
This week has been filled to the brim with nothing but loss. One friend lost her mom on January 5th, another friend lost her brother on January 8th, and my manager at work committed suicide on January 14th, and the morning of January 15th my roommate and I were rejected for our 3rd house inContinue reading “When Grief Sets In”
Forgetting My First Choice
My social life growing up was less than ideal. I had a huge yearn for friends— not just “school friends” but the school friends who became “good friends” or even “BFFs” by hanging out over the weekend. When those opportunities rarely came, I settled on the attention I received by being the one that peopleContinue reading “Forgetting My First Choice”
Leaving First
I am the Queen of Overthinking, and trust me when I say it’s probably the most toxic throne. Overthinking is a slow poison made up of worst case scenarios I conjure up in my head that may or may not be rooted in actual reality but they are always rooted in a “perceived reality”, whichContinue reading “Leaving First”
Getting Comfortable with Being Vulnerable
Everyone likes to talk about the superpowers they wish they had— flying, telepathy, invisibility, eating junkfood and not gain weight…What? is that just me? Ha, okay. 😜 It’s easier to have wishful thinking about something that couldn’t exist than it is to think about the super powers we have the ability to cultivate. Becoming comfortableContinue reading “Getting Comfortable with Being Vulnerable”
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