The Spirit of Christmas: A Gentle Joy That Wraps the End of the Year in Light There’s something unmistakable about the spirit of Christmas. It arrives quietly, almost like a soft snowfall. One day you’re sipping an ordinary cup of coffee, and the next you’re humming along to a familiar carol while stringing lights across…
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The secret to the results you’re looking for.
✨ The Secret You’ve Been Looking For: Consistency ✨ Hey beautiful souls, it’s Cay here, and today I want to dive into something deeply meaningful: the power of consistency. Not just the occasional burst of energy, or the one-big push, but the day-in, day-out showing up. Because the truth is: the results you’re looking for,…
Redefining Ambition: From Hustle to Wholeness.
Redefining Ambition: From Hustle to Wholeness in Your 20s Ambition used to mean climbing. Higher grades, better jobs, bigger paychecks, shinier titles. It was the fuel behind late nights, comparison spirals, and the quiet panic that you weren’t doing enough. In your 20s, ambition often feels like a race (except no one really knows where…
Filtered Ambition
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…
Jaded but Joyful: Navigating your 20s
Jaded but Joyful: Navigating Your 20s with a Bruised Heart and a Bright Soul Your 20s are marketed like a highlight reel with freedom, adventure, love, success, and the kind of self-discovery that’s supposed to feel like a spiritual awakening in Bali. But for many of us, it’s more like waking up in your tiny…
Buzzing into the -ber Months
As August wanes and the calendar edges toward September, North Carolina begins its slow, sweet descent into the “-ber” months as I like to call them. September, October, November, and December. Locals know this shift isn’t just about cooler temps or pumpkin spice lattes. It’s a sensory transformation, a subtle hum in the air that…
The Love I Found After Letting Go
There’s a particular kind of ache that follows a heartbreak, the kind that leaves you unraveling at your own feet, wondering if the pieces that made you lovable have scattered somewhere too far to ever find again. I’ve been there. I’ve curled into that darkness, searching for the familiar arms I once thought would always…
Calling C.P
During the past couple of years I have found myself to be pulled more toward the Christian faith. I want to be clear in the fact that I never felt pulled away from Christianity but lately I have been having questions that I feel like only God can answer. I have been diving deeper into…
Atomic Habits by James Clear
“Atomic Habits” by James Clear – Summary Core Idea:Small habits, when repeated consistently over time, lead to remarkable results. Lasting change comes from building a system of habits—not from setting goals. Key Concepts: The 4 Laws of Behavior Change: To build a good habit: To break a bad habit, invert the laws: Practical Strategies: So, if you have a goal in…
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.
with love, c.p 