Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001? I woke up that morning like any other day. I had just begun grade 8, my first year of high school just a few days before. I got dressed and went downstairs. Like every morning, I turned on the TV and sat on the couch. I wasn’t paying attention to what was going on at the time. I was busy getting ready for school. I remember seeing one or maybe even both towers in flames, but I didn’t really give it a whole lot of thought.

I was always going back and forth on online dating. I felt like people would judge me on my picture before they got the chance to know me. I didn’t want them to go off how I looked. I was self conscious. I tried an online dating site back when I was in my early 20s and because I was self conscious, I didn’t post pictures because I wanted to see if a guy would message me without knowing what I looked like. A couple of them did, but it never went past the initial “Hi, how are

With everything that’s going on in the world right now is scary. We are living a new normal. There are people who think that this is not as serious as we say it is. No matter how many people are affected by it, it doesn’t seem to make people understand how bad it really is. I was talking to a friend of mine about it and I mentioned to her that if you had a cold or a flu, you would call in sick, stay home and not interact with the public. Why not do that with the corona virus?

With everything that’s been going on in the world; it would be nice to see some good. We can only do so much, but as a community and as the world, we can change one thing at a time and hope that has a domino effect. We can protest, lead marches and sit in at rallies, but what does that really show? We can only say so much with the same 3 or 4 tactics over and over again. When will someone take action and learn that what we want is to see change, but as the past has shown us,

We have dreams and goals we want to accomplish in life. We want to be successful, healthy and make sure we have enough money in the bank for retirement, but do we really think about what we really want? Can you see yourself doing whatever you're doing now when you're 40, 50 or 65? I think that’s what most people are afraid of. I think people stay in a job because it's an income that pays the bills, but deep down they know that’s not what they want to do. I always thought I co

People write for various reasons. Some will write in a journal because they want to keep their thoughts to themselves. Other people blog because they want to be able to share their experiences and be there for other people who may be going through the same things as they are. No matter how or where you write, it's a good habit to get into. Writing is a way for people who have a hard time being able to say things verbally. I don’t like talking, especially on the phone and in s

I've always been someone who always wanted to chase my dreams, but I never had a reason or the motivation to do it. I always get distracted by something else and making my dreams come true get farther and farther away, but over the last couple of months, I realized that if I want to have the life I always wanted, I had to put in the work to make it happen. I had to get my ass in gear and do what I have to do to make those dreams come true. There are a million things I want to

We were born to love. When we were kids, we were constantly told to be nice to others, use our manners and to share, but where does that go when we get older. It's like we get to a certain age and all the good things we’re taught as kids are thrown out the window. We are constantly judging others and bringing people down. We use our words for evil instead of for good. We may not even know the person, but with peer pressure, we turn into a person that we never thought we’ll be

Where do you see yourself in 10, 20 or 50 years? Is the life you have now the life you want in 10 years or is there something that you could change that can make you want to live the life you want and be proud of. I want to be able to look back and know that I’ve worked hard and there was nothing stopping me from doing what I really wanted to do. I’m always about reaching for your dreams, doing what makes you happy and you can have the life you always dreamt about, but once i

Every year I always tell myself that I’m going to do a bunch of things throughout the year, but I always get discouraged and I always think about how its never going to turn out the way I think it's going to and I never end up doing said things. I always think about the end result long before I even start whatever idea I have in my head. I always worked hard at whatever I did, but when I feel like I don’t get recognition or feedback, I start to doubt myself and I give up beca