Waking up earlier than you have to: I know, I know. You’re preaching to the choir, here. I love sleep more than anyone I know. But there is nothing like getting up early and making my own coffee that makes me feel like I have my shit together.
Forcing yourself to remember that everyone has a backstory you don’t know about, and avoiding the temptation of judging someone the instant that you meet them.
Tiffany was four months pregnant before we scheduled an ultrasound to find out the gender of our baby.
I am of the opinion that the way to get out of feeling stuck in life is to turn all the lights off in your home, light a vanilla candle or two, and absolutely murder the same emo song by playing it over and over and over (and over).
We looked at the house, a good distance away now that we were in the car, and saw he was right. The woman was standing in the doorway, not much more than a silhouette from where we sat, but definitely watching.
I’m supposed to be ready in an hour. I definitely have time to watch an episode of something on Netflix.
She knows the easiest thing in the world is to judge another woman and make comparisons out of insecurity. She’s mindful of this and makes every effort not to be intimidated by another woman’s beauty, achievement, or success. Because she knows none of those things are a zero-sum game.
Here’s the sly thing about emotional psychopaths: they’re very good at not coming across as psychopaths, so good sometimes that it’s tricky to spot when you’re being emotionally abused.
I work at a gas station in rural Pennsylvania. It’s a boring job, but it’s pretty easy and it pays all right. A few weeks ago, this new guy started; I’ll call him Jeremy.
Things are not always what they seem, and people are not always who they appear to be. The first time I can remember it happening, I was in kindergarten.
“You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and somebody is still not going to like peaches.” But not only that, you might even get rejected by a prune.
