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All up in my #writer feels!! So grateful to anyone

All up in my #writer feels!! So grateful to anyone who ever supports what I love to do the most. I'm always shocked. Truly SHOCKED when someone shares how much they loved something I wrote. It's all I've ever wanted to do: to write: to make people FEEL: to help people feel less alone. 😭😭😭 #bookstagram #writercommunity

We are what we repeatedly do. Choose wisely. ✨

We are what we repeatedly do. Choose wisely. ✨

Can relate? Then you'll like my books. Links in bi

Can relate? Then you'll like my books. Links in bio. #friendbreakup #bookstagram

GLIMPSE OF REAL LIFE 👀 This is not an uncommon vi

GLIMPSE OF REAL LIFE 👀
This is not an uncommon view around these parts. If I wait for life to slow down, I'll be waiting forever. Instead, it's about figuring out where pieces can fit -- even if it's the smallest block of time.
We have the time. The question is: how do we use it?

Let’s talk burnout. I sold my half of a successfu

Let’s talk burnout.
I sold my half of a successful business at the end of 2017 because I burnt out hard.
As a business, we did everything right. Systems. Processes. Policies. Structures. Procedures. YOU NAME IT. My business partner and I (who also happened to be one of my BFFs — and still remains my friend today) were adamant about ensuring we had everything possible in place to safeguard our business.
Know what I didn’t have?
Those same safeguards in place for myself.
I was excited. Eager. The business was working, and it was growing so quickly I was desperate to keep the momentum going. Every moment my eyes were open, I was running full steam ahead.
I told myself our success was because of that drive.
But that drive is what eventually led to my downfall.
I get asked a lot why I do things the way I do these days. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Well, I’m exceptionally structured. My calendar would send a type B person into orbit. Some call it rigid. I call it protection.
I have a lot of my plate these days. I have a traditional job. I have my business. I *mostly* keep my kiddo home. I’m in grad school. And I recently started serving on the board of a local soon-to-be non-profit. Your girl is busy.
That workload could easily send me into an anxious spiral, but it doesn’t because I know my priorities, I know my limits and I protect the heck out of it all with boundaries.
On any given day, a quick glance at my calendar tells me exactly what’s in store. I know what I do and don’t have space for given that clarity. These choices inform whether I doom scroll in pockets of free time or do something more intentional.
What’s that saying? Idol hands are the devil’s workshop.

I'm kind and empathetic but I've also learned to s

I'm kind and empathetic but I've also learned to show that same respect to myself. #boundaries #recoveringpeoplepleaser

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