Sometimes I think I’m a fraud. I’m sure I am. I have a lot of hobbies and interests and start new projects yet over time a lot of them end up on the back burner. At times I thought I could be a writer or blogger. At times I’ve thought I was one. But how …
Author: Mel
Believe
When we’re in a low mood, it can be hard for us to believe in the good, positive things while our mind is focusing on the negative, bad ones. Our thoughts stick to negative beliefs that we won’t reach our goals/dreams, get what we want, etc.During depressed or anxious periods, it’s hard to see the …
Stop And Play
Sometimes we get to a point in our lives when we look back and realize that we are nowhere near where we once thought we would be. Maybe five or ten years ago, we dreamt of where we would be at our current age, yet in reality, our life drifted off the path somewhere along …
Learning To Accept Our Choices
Sometimes we reach points where we are not sure what to do to try to change. It’s not that we aren’t trying. We are trying. We just feel like the progress is so slow that we question whether or not we’ve even made any progress. We might have some days-or even weeks or months-where we …
Asking For Help
It has been almost a year since my last post. I meant to try to keep up with this blog, however as you can see, that did not happen. One of the reasons for my hiatus is the focus of this post. Throughout the past year I’ve been in what I’ve been calling an on …
Seven Tips To Help Stop An Overthinking Overload
Overthinking-when you go into overload it starts to drive you crazy and it starts to drive those you spill your thoughts to crazy as well. It is so easy to start overthinking the small stuff, such as one sentence in an email, making a mountain out of a molehill. You start to worry about this …
Benefits Of Face-To-Face Conversations
In my last post, I mentioned how I find it much easier to write out my thoughts in certain situations and around certain people. However with the help of one of my former teachers, I’ve been learning more about the importance of having conversations face-to-face since, even though we’ve been using email as well, he …
Coping With Shyness: Reflection and Poem
As someone who is shy and introverted, sometimes it can be hard to open up around certain people and in certain situations. Growing up, I was almost always shy around my teachers. I was that student who hated being called on to answer a question in class and was nervous when presenting projects because I …
Welcome!
Hello everyone! If you’ve stopped by here, you’ll see this new blog that I am starting. I tried making a blog for this site a few years ago; however I never quite kept it updated and really didn’t know what to blog about. I pretty much just posted a few recipes that I’ve made. I …