The struggle of contentment while paying off debt and living your goals

When I graduated from graduate…

Here I am.

I can’t describe it. I’ve been struggling with this idea for a couple of years now. What do I stand for? How did I come to be so complacent to what is going on around me? The voice inside yelling to be let out but I don’t know how. I’ve gotten used to it and even though at the core I want to be more, to do…

Impostor

I remember walking into my professor’s office and breaking down. Do I deserve to be here? Have I really worked hard enough to make it? I felt…

3 years in

August 4, 2014 marked my first day in my post-graduate position — my current position. I came in fresh out of graduate school eager to apply what I had learned, excited to finally be in the field. It was surreal. All my hard work and all those student loans (which I wasn’t completely sure what the amount…

A way of life

Writing has always been my go-to place. Some people express themselves through music, photos, or drawing. Writing is my art. Writing is my comfort, my therapy, and my place to go. I started writing in elementary school and fell off a later in high school and college but knew that there was something…