Filtered Ambition: How Social Media Warps Our Goals Without Us Realizing We scroll. We double-tap. We save inspirational quotes and watch strangers live curated lives that seem impossibly perfect. Social media was supposed to connect us and used as a network but somewhere along the way, it started to reshape our ambitions, too. 📱 The…
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Logging Off to Tune In: Digital Minimalism.
Logging Off to Tune In: Digital Minimalism and the Psychology of Online Validation We live in a world where our worth can feel like it’s measured in likes, views, and followers. Where every post is a performance, and every scroll is a silent comparison. Where we chase connection but often end up feeling more disconnected…
Self Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing
Self-publishing and traditional publishing each offer distinct advantages and challenges, and the right choice depends largely on an author’s goals, resources, and preferences. Self-publishing provides authors with complete creative control over their work, including decisions about content, cover design, pricing, and release timing. It also offers significantly higher royalty rates—sometimes up to 70%—and a much…
Rewriting My Future
My daughter and I are a family. We are stable and loving and just enough the way we are. We don’t need anyone else to make us complete. Don’t get me wrong I still value marriage and if someone down the road compliments my lifestyle then they are welcome to join me in my journey. I dislike the idea that I have to be with someone or seeing or sleeping with someone in order to be valued or worthy of conversation. I want people to ask me about me and what I am doing, not who.
Societal Expectations + Life Update
I apologize for being MIA the past couple of weeks. I had started this blog post and hoped to get in out a couple of weeks ago but it got a little hectic in the process. Life Update! I’m going to start this post with my life update! Something cheery before we get to the…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Friends! 🦃 I know that Thanksgiving is definitely an American holiday which honestly gave me the idea that if the rest of the world doesn’t haven’t to wait to listen the Christmas music than I don’t either 😜 With that being said though, I know that Thanksgiving isn’t always celebrated but for those…
Busy Bee | How to Stop the Brain Buzz
I have had a problem resting. This isn’t something that is entirely new. I have such a hustler’s mindset that it’s really hard to slow it down at times. I have been putting more effort into my business than ever and I have also been trying to do a lot more blogging as well as…
How to Persist with a Positive Mindset
How to Persist with a Positive Mindset and Why Wake up every morning and be grateful with what you have! There are so many things that could be going wrong in your life and all of them are valid and I am in no way trying to dismiss any of them. I am just insisting…
July Favorites!
I promise that not every product I use is Mary Kay! Although I do love their products there are some others that I adore too! For example, I never realized the importance of Hair Masks until I started using them. A while back I made a blog post about how much my hair had changed…
Shoulding All Over Myself.
I just want to start off by saying how grateful I am that you guys show up to read my rants and raves even if you are just here for the recipes or the product reviews. I personally feel like I have drifted away from one of the sole reasons of me starting my blog…
with love, c.p 