An Open Letter To Anyone Turning 30 This Year

We are turning 30 this year. Some of us are throwing parties. We are all throwing funerals for our 20s. Photo byJac AlexandruonUnsplash By Updated 4 years ago,May 7, 2021 We are turning 30 this year. It feels like just yesterday when we rollerbladed around the garage with Spice Girls playing in our Walkmans. We are getting old enough to become irrelevant. Still, we think we are cool because we know what Harry Potter house we belong to....

October 23, 2020 · 6 min · 1261 words · Angela Lee

An Open Letter To The Sad Souls

Darling, let yourself seek comfort in your sadness, just for now. By Updated 5 years ago,October 23, 2020 You are allowed to take solace in your sadness. There is nothing wrong with allowing it to linger over your head for a period of time. Maksim Goncharenok You are not a burden. You are not in need of fixing. There are times in this world when positivity also becomes toxic. It doesnt have to be forever....

October 23, 2020 · 2 min · 248 words · Janet Leon

I Just Wanted You To Know I Still Love You

Even on the days when I dont want to love you, I do. The good, the bad, the ugly. Ive seen you at your very worst and still think of you as the absolute best. Photo byAva SolonUnsplash Watching you in your most vulnerable state was the most beautiful thing Ive ever seen. I just want you to know that I still have love for you. I need you to know that nothing youve ever said or done could make me love you any less....

October 23, 2020 · 2 min · 386 words · Angela Craig

Ranking The Zodiac Signs By Who Is The Most Protective Of Their Heart

Taurus, once you fall in love, you stay in love forever. By Updated 4 years ago,May 21, 2021 1. You are loyal as can be and dont want anything to ever change. Photo byAnn DanilinaonUnsplash You hope everything always stays the same. You tend to let your emotions and feelings rule your head. You keep your heart the most protected among all signs. You overwhelm yourself emotionally by overanalyzing every detail of how it could have worked....

October 23, 2020 · 2 min · 330 words · Chad Williams

The Reality Of A Narcissistic Relationship

I’ve been heartbroken before. The hurt and the doubt that consumed me afterwards nearly broke me completely. For the first time in my life, I was learning how to love myself more than someone else. Ian Beckley I was finally starting to become her. Little did I know, an unexpected toxic romance would soon destroy me all over again. As the story often begins, I was not initially attracted to him....

October 23, 2020 · 2 min · 368 words · Charles Olsen

190+ Motivational Steve Jobs Quotes on Success and Hard Work

What Did He Do? He held a passion for technology and design from a young age. In 1974, he dropped out of Reed College to pursue a video game designer role at Atari. AB Jobs and Wozniak designed the board in Jobs garage. After much time, effort, and hustling to generate funding, theApple Iwas created. Over the years, they gathered a small team of developers. This then helped Apple make a quick entrance into Fortune 500s list of companies by 1983....

October 22, 2020 · 10 min · 2127 words · Rebecca Hale

A Goodbye Forever Letter To You

This time, I want the last word. My body raged at the thought, the mere memory of you. It did not matter that we had some good times together. Processed with VSCO with a4 preset All that mattered for awhile was how you left, and how you let me go. Not only was it your leaving that hurt, but how I feltinadequateandunworthybecause of your rejection. You told me that you could never love me because you were still in love with someone else....

October 22, 2020 · 2 min · 282 words · Kayla Burke

Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, and More

Looking to learn more about the dissociative disorder known as depersonalization-derealization disorder? This article covers symptoms, causes, and more. There aretwo distinct separationsoccurring within thisdisorder, one isdepersonalizationand one is derealization. Maddog 229 A derealization episode defines the side of thisdisorderwhere thepatientfeels detached from the world around them. Apatientsuffering from thedepersonalizationderealizationdisordermay experience one throw in ofdissociationor both. A patient suffering from depersonalization-derealization disorder understand that their feelings while detached do not represent reality....

October 22, 2020 · 1 min · 147 words · Bryan Davis

If You Are Not Uncomfortable, You Are Not Doing It Right

Being uncomfortable is the key to getting unstuck. This unique region of the brain is only activated when we see or experience completely new things. In other words: we only grow when we seek the unfamiliar, the unknown, the uncomfortable. Photo byDewang GuptaonUnsplash Few people enjoy feeling uncomfortable. It always starts in the present. And more often than not, it starts when its the only option left. Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty…...

October 22, 2020 · 2 min · 414 words · Lisa Estes

It’s Okay To Admit When You Feel Broken

Today, I can feel my heart breaking because I am realizing I will never see you again. I wonder if you are warm wherever you are. Love is a funny thing. Photo byKarina TessonUnsplash But I am scared that it will never happen because you are gone. I never thought that you would ever leave me alone in this world for me to figure things out. I forget the true value of people until I lose someone....

October 22, 2020 · 2 min · 327 words · Michael Beasley

The Little Thing Each Zodiac Considers Wildly Romantic

ARIES: Slow dancing without any music on. By Updated 4 years ago,March 4, 2021 Aries Slow dancing without any music on. Taurus Receiving a poem, love letter, or even a sweet, elaborate text. Blake Cheek Gemini Having the door held open for you and your chair pulled out. Cancer Coming home to dinner and drinks that are already prepared. Leo Feeding each other dessert. Virgo Having a candlelit dinner and a mentally stimulating conversation....

October 22, 2020 · 1 min · 125 words · Michael Hunt

These Days, I Think Of You

By Updated 4 years ago,June 14, 2021 She was so very in love with you. She thought you hung the moon. She thought you loved her to the stars and the moon and back. Photo byKinga CichewiczonUnsplash Oh, how you did. Then, one day, shed let fear outweigh her love and leave you. Eventually, however, youd move on. And she loved you enough to only want the smile to return on your face....

October 22, 2020 · 2 min · 227 words · Anna Nguyen

This Is What The 5 Stages Of Grief Look Like When You Leave An Abusive Relationship

Its never easy, but if youve already left your abuser, youve done the hardest part. But now that youre dealing with the aftermath, how do you heal? Because recovering is never complete. Photo byLuis ChacononUnsplash The scars they left you with dont just go away. They lessen with time, and eventually youll feel okay, but I cant promise you itll be easy. Its never easy, but if youve already left your abuser, youve done the hardest part....

October 22, 2020 · 3 min · 436 words · Samuel Russo