Category: Life
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Happy New Year 2023!
New Year 2023 It’s a new year and another opportunity to make promises to do better than you did last year, to make new goals and aspirations that this year will be different than the last. But before you jump on that sometimes overwhelming train to prove that you are productive and worthy of envy,…
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Struggling to Fit in While Multi-racial
Growing up as more than race can be hard. You are constantly made to feel like an outsider. Stuck sitting in your shade of awkward gray. You get teased, or berated for being whatever mix you are. In public, people ask you the golden question, “What are you?” Which doesn’t lessen the feeling of being…
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How I Answer the Question “What Are You?”
As a multiracial woman I tend to hear this question often, What are you? Sometimes it makes me feel as if I am something abnormal. My answer can range from the truth to simply replying, “human” it depends on my mood. I used to say I am half of each race because that is the way I…
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Social Media After a Year Without
Now that I have been back on social media for a week. I find myself surprised that I feel so underwhelmed by it. I’m wondering why I was on it so much before and am a little out of sorts from the new features of the apps. Every app seems to look like the other.…
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Resolutions 2018 DONE
For 2018 I made the resolutions of: Staying off of social media Getting into shape Paying off all my debts Staying single Now in 2019, I can say I completed all my resolutions successfully. It was definitely difficult and required a great deal of discipline on my part. I would have to say that staying…
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Dealing with Yourself
It has been seven full months without social media thus far. The first month began with a search for a replacement which was the Pocket Camp app. I broke free from the game because I had exciting events in February and March to look forward to. April was the struggle to finish everything for my…
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New Year, Just Me: December 31, 2017
I came to the realization that I have spent the majority of my life as half of a couple or longing to be a part of one. This has come at the detriment of self and understanding of who I am as a person and my wants or needs. Social media served as a distraction…
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