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New Year: Knew You
I knew you. I knew you before you knew yourself. I watched you tear down your opportunities because you believed that you weren't worthy, and I silently screamed, "Stop." My unspoken words fell on death ears because you couldn't hear me.
By Jennifer S. Benson 6 years ago in Motivation
How Vocal+ Is Helping Me Reach My Goals for 2021. Top Story - February 2021.
I have always known that I wanted to be a writer, but I didn’t know where to start. The concept of “just start writing,” made no sense to me at all. I didn’t feel prepared or like I had enough time to be a writer. I equated the idea of “just start” with jogging-in-place to prepare for a marathon: It didn’t seem productive!
By Holly Rae6 years ago in Motivation
Experiment with the New Year
In a year with so many unknowns down the tunnel, including how long we are all still at home, my resolution is to embrace the encroaching persona of the mad cooked up scientist and try all the weird and wonderful things I can. 2021 should be the year of experimentation. So far I’ve begun with just some fun oddities and hobbying. We bought a harness and leash for our cat who always loves staring out the windows but always gets nervous when we go outside. She is in love with the outdoors now and wants to go on walks nearly every morning.
By James Lovett6 years ago in Motivation
Of ‘New Year, Who Dis?’ Resolutions and Why Old You is Enough
Please do not make a big deal out of New Year’s resolutions this year. Simply look at the past few years, dating back to Instagram’s world takeover around 2013, and analyse how that has worked out for you, love. All these years one mantra prevailed. All can be well if you only were to wake up at seven AM every day to work out for an hour, eat clean like in those ‘Harper’s Bazaar Celebrity What I eat in a day’ videos, drink tons of water, and meditate to match the physical glow up to a mental one. You see other people do it so much on social media until it becomes a trend, and the alternative leaves you doubting the value of your own life. You, unlike every other perfect human being out there, lack the determinacy to lead such a lifestyle. Of course, it is possible, considering ‘you can achieve what you put your mind to’ and all. The likelihood of possibilities is not really what is at stake here, is it? The real question you need to ask yourself is, is any of this necessary?
By Isabella Wimmer6 years ago in Motivation
Have You Ever let a Resolution Make Itself?
I feel as though I spent every waking minute of 2020 in a deep, introspective haze. I was constantly observing and evaluating my thoughts, emotions, and reactions to things. I felt a huge pull to go inward and take an honest look at the traits and beliefs I still held on to and question them. I was fed up with my own excuses and was ready to create the life I desired.
By Kaitlyn Eads6 years ago in Motivation
My Body Became A Liability
I hopped on my bike and started riding. The day was warm and the sunlight broke through the trees with majesty. My bike isn’t fancy, but I love my beat up silver Specialized. I always wear my helmet for safety, but now I add my facemask. It’s Massachusetts’s law to wear it outside and I wear it like a “chin-diaper” pulling it up over my nose when passing folks either on a bike or people walking on the path. I love the power I feel in my legs, pedaling my body through space on this bike. It is at once, exhilarating. My body tingles with sheer joy.
By Yvonne Mendez6 years ago in Motivation
The cave of wonders.
I think I checked out? 🌎 Somewhere between childhood and at 19 after having a my oldest child. Scratch that actually I’ve always been strange and weird. I feel like an alien on this planet. I’d prefer to sit in my own mind because that’s where the fun happens. Out there in the dull, chaotic world there is too much noise.
By Jessicah Elizabeth6 years ago in Motivation
Making and Finishing Goals
I think it is great to have goals but following through with them can be hard. I have goals that I want to finish by the end of the year from personal to career goals. I am doing this blog because I am want to be held accountable for not reaching these goals. I am very good at making a plan and setting goals but I am not good at achieving them. Either because I just don't feel motivate to finish or even start the goals that I made. Does anyone feel like that?
By Kitty Sturges6 years ago in Motivation
Hello 2021
2020 was a year for the history books, and it took a toll on everyone who participated. In it, we discovered who we are, what we are made of, and how we would respond when faced with crisis. But perhaps the worst discovery for humanity all across the globe was the feeling of isolation.
By Rebecca Lynne6 years ago in Motivation
You.
Alright, so we are quite a few months into this pandemic or global shutdown, and it's about time we started talking about how to get back out there? Or not? Has anyone else felt this was a purgatory of some sort, anyone? Like hey, you can't work, but for some reason bills are still due, oh and all your favorite stores are having sales so they can stay open...yeah not good on my pocketbook. Ha, I don't have a pocketbook. My credit card has done more work than me in the past couple of months. Jokes, I have been getting my ass kicked at work. That's right, in healthcare. I love my job; let's not get that twisted. I LOVE my job almost a little too much. Like I wake up feeling blessed, I get to work. Is that a result of synthesizing trauma in my life, and now I'm able to feel joy again? I'm not sure. Regardless I think one thing is for certain in a SUPER uncertain age, it's all how you look at it, right?
By Jazzy 6 years ago in Motivation
