Give Yourself Permission To Feel
We grow as people when we experience things. Not allowing ourselves to feel, to work through the details of ourselves, that isn’t strength at all, that’s avoidance.
Melissa Durante
Melissa is currently employed as a full-time 20-something stereotype.
Latest Posts
5 Travel Adventures You Must Go On In Your Lifetime
Maybe We Need To Start Learning To Live In The Present
In the twenty first century, we seem to spend most of our time building our lives from the outside. We carefully curate our Facebook pages, Instagram feeds, and Twitter hashtags as though we are on exhibit.
What It Means To Be A Lady
For a while, I felt like two people: the perfect young lady, and me. After a while, I didn’t even want to be both.
To The One Who Emotionally Abused Me
I’ve had to overwrite every situation in which I’ve been hardwired to feel anxiety. Because of your game, I’ve had to relearn how to live my life.
This Is For The Ones Who Saved Me
Here’s to the friends who make me believe in humanity again after I’ve kept the wrong crowd for too long.
I Finally Found The Strength To Let Go
last summer my mom gave me the gift of a Giving Key. Each one has a word on it, and when you feel you have accomplished this mantra, you pass the key along. My necklace read “Let go.”
You Can’t Buy A Person Who Doesn’t Put A Value On Happiness
I’m not saying that I won’t work hard to be able to make money to afford the things I like. I’m saying that I will work to achieve a lifestyle that makes me happy, whatever that life looks like
Your Voice Really Does Matter: Why Every Millennial Needs To Vote
As it turns out, many people are still caught up in that childhood mindset, the one that whispers in the back of your mind that you are still too small and insignificant to change the world. That voice is wrong.
No Matter How Far We Wander, There Will Always Be Places We Call Home
No matter where we go in the world and how much we explore, we take our places with us. It is a part of us as much as the hair on our heads and the prints on our fingers.
