Tag: Life

A Good Dose of Truth

Brianna

Is it wrong for me to say that I always want to be right? For some reason, that statement comes off a bit strong to most people and carries a negative connotation. But is it wrong to want that? Is it wrong to want to always be right?

My thoughts? No, it’s not wrong to want to always be right. When you think about it, why would you not want to always be right? Why would I want to be wrong when I take a stance on something? That just wouldn’t make much sense.

Where it turns into a problem, however, is when we think we are always right–so much so that we’re not willing to even consider another stance or point of view. When I decide that I know everything and insist that I am always right, that’s when I start to become…wrong.

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When I’m Not Enough

Brianna

By no means have I ever considered myself perfect. Or even close to perfect. I’ve never been so deluded that I thought I had my life completely together and that everything in my life was just…perfect.

No, I’m frequently a bit of a mess — no matter how well I’ve learned to hide it when other people are around me. Let’s face it, I’m a 24-year-old single female who lives on her own, doesn’t clean frequently enough, worries about the future, has bills and student loans to pay, gets emotional and hormonal from time to time (like us females expertly do), worries too much about how she looks, does NOT consider herself even close to satisfactory at cooking, and has a bit of a stress attack when she doesn’t get her introvert “me alone time” at least once a week.

That’s the messy side of me in a nutshell.

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Goodbye to Dreams

Brianna

As I’ve begun ringing in the New Year, a lot of thoughts have crossed my mind. It’s this time of year that you look back on what you’ve done in the past 12 months–what you’ve accomplished, what’s changed. You think back on the mistakes you’ve made that you have sworn to never make again. You remember the times that you were so engulfed in some horrible or stressful experience that you thought you’d never make it out with your sanity still in tact. But still, somehow you did–more or less. You think back on the wonderful things that have happened, and you smile at the memory of the joy you felt in those moments. And, if you’re in a similar position to mine, you long to feel that joy once more. Continue reading “Goodbye to Dreams” →

On Graduating College

Brianna

Now, you had to know that I’d be writing about this. There are so many things going through my head right now that I can’t help myself.

The time has come. Tomorrow morning I will put on a ridiculous-looking cap and gown, sit through a 2 hour ceremony, listen to over a thousand strangers’ names get called, hear about five familiar names, until finally…mine. Brianna Martin. Graduating college.

If you know me at all, you probably know that I’ve had one or two emotional breakdowns over the past week. Continue reading “On Graduating College” →

7 Ways This Gal Deals With Stress

Brianna

We all deal with it. It’s part of our everyday lives. It’s part of our humanity. It’s how we’re wired.

Bad things happen. We get stressed. Simple as that.

There’s really no way around it. There are some people out there who say, “Oh, I’ve learned how to not get stressed when things go wrong.” And you know what I say back?

“You’re lying.”

I don’t care who you are–if you’re not getting stressed (even just a little) ever in your life, then you’re not human. The trick isn’t not getting stressed. That’s impossible. The trick is learning how to effectively deal will stress. Continue reading “7 Ways This Gal Deals With Stress” →