I just had the amazing opportunity to chat with Hannah Ashton, a YouTuber and teen entrepreneur, on her podcast! She has been a big inspiration to me for my blog, and you should definitely check her out. I went over my four components of an authentic life, care, creativity, connection, …
I recently finished the classic book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of Pip, a boy who grows up in a small town as an apprentice to a blacksmith, who is his brother-in-law, Joe. He meets a wealthy woman with a cruel and beautiful daughter. Naturally, he …
Pondering a reputation, Incessantly haunting our minds, A broadcast of hearts clamoring For acceptance, Our worth resting on a shaky symbol. Mysteries are fading away. Desperate to conform to magazines We present our filtered lives. “I don’t care” is the national anthem. But inside, we feel the stab of judgement …
You walk into a tough situation and then suddenly feel like the cowardly lion. It happens to the best of us. Courage is one of the 4 keys to an authentic life, but it’s an elusive word. How do we have courage practically? Here are 10 ways to have courage …
Listen to the rainfall in the hourglass. The grains are dropping, either slowly or fast. And you know not the time when the sand lies below. So live every day as if it were your last.
It seems that America is a stressed nation. Most people who work 9 to 5’s take their work home and continue to work late into the night. And students are overwhelmed with pressures, juggling homework, extracurriculars, social life, and jobs. It’s becoming harder and harder to detach from everything because we …
Creativity is elusive. It’s discussed everyday, but coming up with original ideas can seem difficult. Creativity is one of the 4 C’s of an authentic life (care, creativity, connection, and courage) and we should incorporate it into our lives everyday. But many people don’t even know where to start. So …
“Be yourself.” You’ve seen those words a million times, on blogs, on ad campaigns, in movies, in books, and many other things. Since they’re used so often, they can seem cliché; even so, that phrase deserves all the credit it can get. It is the constant goal of anyone who …