“Real Friends, how many of us? Its not many of us” Have you ever been around people and still felt completely alone and secluded? I feel a lot of people are lonely and don’t even recognize it. …

BoJack Horseman🐴 There’s something refreshing about re- watching shows a second, third maybe fourth time 🙊and having a different perspective with each watch. I recently completed Bojack Horseman for the umpteenth time and this run was extra emotional because i had not seen it in a really long time so it hit…

Happy Birthday Midé 🎈 — I recently started writing about living with my health condition and ways it has/had an effect on me. My reservations on speaking about it publicly was really about the stigma associated with the disease and not because of me having a complex or feeling some sort of shame about it…

Tired of running 💨 — The second half of Kendrick Lamar’s song — Sing about me / I’m dying of thirst is one that resonates deeply with my soul. I heard the record again recently and discovered it’s even grown deeper and become more relatable in context. Especially the older I’ve gotten. …

Alone but not lonely…. The initial purpose of my journaling was for self service, i have enjoyed the feedback i’ve been able to get from people; friends and strangers especially as a fallout of some of these entries but i can’t shake this feeling of being too vulnerable. I’m no ingrate, the conversations sparked…

Induction into the hall of 30+ I turn 30 in a couple of months and for a while have felt like a headless chicken; dancing around with uncertainty, no sense of direction or purpose, extremely anxious about my future and feeling like i’m falling behind in life. …

Triggered Anger is an emotion i have suppressed for a relatively long period of time and i feel like i’m about to implode then explode. I want to be levelheaded always, to be in control of my emotions and have some sort of poker face even when i feel irritated to…

Appreciating Senses — Mindfulness — /ˈmaɪnd.fəl.nəs/ “The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something” “ Mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations” I recently looked closely at someone i've known for years and her face…

A bitter sweet dichotomy — I want to kick off this year with an entry i drafted towards the end of 2022, it feels like the right time to express how i felt/have been feeling about being overindulgent on nostalgic feelings and how detrimental it can be by swaying our attention sometimes from reality and…