Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.

- Sonia Ricotti

To the Self-Consciousness holding me back,

You can never guarantee the direction the winds will take you.

Just like the shifting breeze, I too am changing my course. I will seek new experiences — ones that I can see a future with…

Dear Guilt,

I must break ties with you.

First of all, I want to say that it wasn’t easy for me to uncover you. You snuck in so subtly and your effects on me just got worse when I moved to New York three months ago. In my last article on Medium, I mentioned the thought of…

It’s Time to Say Goodbye

A “breakup letter” for myself

Dear Extreme Self-Criticism (ESC),

I’m sorry to say, but we can’t be serious anymore.

I don’t want to hurt your feelings, and I am sensitive to how deeply involved we have been in the past years. I hope I am able to explain my decision through…

To all my bricks

To all my bricks,

Dear bricks, for so many years I used to see you as a sharp material that was holding me back from so many things. You, my naïve bricks believed what I thought, so you started to construct walls. The sad thing is the more you believed me the more walls…