#developing a plan

  I’ve been in the process of sorting through boxes that were stored away, which I recently moved with me. It is easy to live in clutter… I’ve grown tired of looking at the boxes and the “mess” they’ve made.  So, I’ve taken several days throughout the past few months to work on them. However, every time I walked into the room to begin the work I am so overwhelmed that I do not even know where to…

Amanda 2/4/2015 – Stop Gap Strategy

2/4/2015

Dear Amanda

This can’t go on. Really, it can not go on.

You say this to yourself every time you flush the toilet in your bathroom and find yourself pulling the lid off the tank, pushing up your sleeve, and reaching in to adjust the stopper so the toilet won’t run. That stopper has failed to properly seat itself upon flushing for over a month now.

A month. Maybe two.

There’s no excuse for…

After pursing English for four years, Mara got cold feet. Find out what happened next...

A recent graduate, I found myself engaged in an internal tug-of-war about what I am going to do with my life. I majored in literature to teach high school English, and over the last four years, I never stopped wanting to pursue a career in education. Until recently, that is. I got cold feet, questioned my plan (as if I didn’t design it myself), and whispered a worry of, “What if this isn’t what…