Yoga
Practicing yoga was something on my bucket list. As of January, I can officially cross it off. Yoga can be traced back over five thousand years ago. It is one of the six orthodox systems of Indian philosophy. Yoga is a method of training and uniting the body, mind, and spirit. Over the last five … Read more
How Full Is Your Bucket?
How Full Is Your Bucket, a book by Tom Rath and Donald Clifton, explains how even the briefest interactions affect your relationships, productivity, health, and longevity. The bucket is used as a metaphor. We are at our best when our buckets are full or overflowing. We are at our worst when our buckets are empty. … Read more
Lianne La Havas
In 2012, twenty-three-year-old English folk and soul singer Lianne La Havas’s debut album, Is Your Love Big Enough, was named iTunes Album of the Year. The emotionally charged record features Gone, a raw tune about love, disappointment, and loss. Some lyrics include: We had it all, it was just me and you So what happened to you Thought … Read more
Zombie Days
I recently read an article titled 30 Ways to Improve Your Mood When You’re Feeling Down. The author of the post, Madison Sonnier, refers to down days as ‘zombie days.’ She stresses the importance of allowing ourselves to not always be happy. Sonnier provides a list of simple ways to improve your mood. Some suggestions … Read more
Friends
When you’re young, friends are the kids you share a table with in the cafeteria at lunch. The kids you sit next to in class. Your teammates in a youth soccer league. The kids you roamed around your neighborhood with. As you grow older, you actually develop relationships. You meet new people at school, work, … Read more
New Year, New Year
I had the opportunity to spend New Year’s Eve in New York City – the Big Apple. Prior to the trip, I had only been to NYC once. I took a road trip with my brother last summer. Yes, we drove up to New York from South Carolina. It was a long drive, to say … Read more
Hold Nothing Back – Revisited
When I started this blog two years ago, one of my first posts included the publication of my bucket list. Within the post, I also asked a seemingly simple question – why do we hold ourselves back? As you create a bucket list, the idea is not to limit yourself to accomplishing a set number … Read more
Rebuilding
What happens when a relationship ends? You are given two choices – either become stagnant or move on. Heartbreak is inevitable. And yes, it is as painful as it sounds. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to “moving on.” For me, the first stage was a surge of feelings. Mostly sadness. I’m definitely hurting in more … Read more
Help Yourself
I’ve been in a bit of a rut lately. I’m beginning to feel unfulfilled in a few areas of my life. Recognition is step one – I recognize that I’m not as happy as I was just a few months ago. At first, I thought it might be a case of Seasonal Affective Disorder, a … Read more
How I Earned My MBA
I would be lying if I told you graduate school was easy. Despite navigating through my MBA program relatively easily, it has been one of the most challenging experiences of my life. With less than a week left in my MBA career, I thought it was only fitting to provide an overview of my journey. … Read more
