• trying is terrifying

    Stagnacy seems to do nothing for me however, so I am choosing to be terrified. I have this issue with being perceived in a way that’s not true to who I am, which is why the last thing of mine that was properly published is a small article in a college paper from at least…

  • inspo is a buzzword

    That feeling of waiting around for inspiration is one that I am far too familiar with. As a writer, you think that some muse is going to come sit on your shoulder and whisper exactly what you need to write into your ear. Inspiration more often than not is not a lightning bolt that hits…

  • do it scared anyway

    There is never a perfect time for anything to happen, things just happen. In my experience, timing is an endlessly funny way to make yourself feel inferior to people around you. There have been years of my life wasted waiting for the perfect time to do something that I’ve always wanted to do – the…

  • the time will pass anyway

    There are few things from tumblr that I think about on a regular basis, but one of them is that post where someone was worrying about their future and putting off doing what they want and someone responded to it by saying the time will pass anyway. It was a profound thought on a website…

  • creativity and the mindfuck

    Who has the corner on creativity and how the fuck do we share that shit? There are insane amounts of professionals and self proclaimed gurus of creativity and self expression online trying to sell everyone and their mother classes on things like releasing your inner child. When did we all become so obsessed with the…

  • on screaming into the void

    The amount of times I’ve heard the phrase “I can’t believe you’re thirty!” since my birthday in august is both a point of pride and one of the most embarrassing things I hear on a regular basis. Currently I assistantly manage a coffee shop in texas and am doing my best to follow my creative…