100 Hopes I Lived in 2021

At a time in my life when I felt stuck in the cycle-- school, break, school, break, until eventually I graduate with the degree I don't want and begin a job I don't want and live a life I don't want-- I needed a perspective shift. I needed something that was going to keep me hopeful…

Soul Food {January 2021}

This year one of my biggest priorities is rest. Not rest in the sense of vacationing or even of doing less, but more in the sense of having a healthy rhythm to my life that allows time for calm, refreshment, and things that fill me up. I work a lot now, which is such an…

98 Hopes I Lived in 2020

In 2014, I started listing things I wanted to experience in my life. I feared they would never happen, to the point that I wasn't sure my life was something I wanted. So instead of framing it as a bucket list, I decided it would be my "list of things to look forward to." I…

Soul Food {January 2020}

This year has been big already. A lot of changes are coming for me. None are here quite yet, and sometimes I'd like for them to hurry up. But I can feel it; it's just under the ground. I used to be a very sentimental, symbolism-driven person, and I remember once I wrote something about…

Soul Food {December 2018}

The month is over already and I am weirdly overwhelmed by how little it felt like I did in it; I actually did so much, at both of my jobs and with my loved ones. In the new year, I want to focus on not giving in to my newly discovered workaholic tendencies as much…

Soul Food {April 2018}

This month was a whirlwind. I feel like it just began, yet a lot has happened. I'm thankful that Jesus has been with me for every bit of it, keeping me close to Him and assuring me I'm doing just fine. I honestly didn't consume a lot of varied art/media this month, maybe because I…

Hopes I Lived in 2017 {Part Two}

I write lists of things to look forward to as a way of keeping hope and a spirit of anticipation strong in me. This year alone, I got to live in ninety-two of those things. I shared the first half last week; here's the second. Celebrating graduations My freshman class from college graduated in May.…