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Having ADHD as an adult without treating it effectively, can make you feel like you’re in a boisterous, disorderly classroom, where the teacher’s favorite attention grabbing technique is to drag her long claws across the green chalkboard… and you’re the one in the back not doing anything. I’ve had this since I was 7. Still,…

Short Thoughts from my perspective at an HBCU. As I start school soon, it seemed fitting to reflect on my most recent academic experience: college. When I decided to come to a HBCU (Historically Black College/University) for college I don’t think I realized that I would be coming into “a different world” (ifykyk). I knew…

This post is a summary of our most Podcast Episode, “God Bless These 20-Somethings”. My dear friend Alexis shared the first 13 tips and I, the last 12. I hope, we hope, they resonate with others too. 🤗 In that episode we discussed ways we’ve learned to be our own friends and welcoming ourselves to…

I went to a restaurant nearby and was eager to eat there since I hadn’t for a while. After parking my car near the meadow, I had every intention of picking up some food to go and eating it in the meadow across the restaurant and reading the book in my hand. I went inside…

So, today I worked from home. It was better this way. My head was clouded, so naturally I went for a drive like I’m accustomed to do in these moments. I ended up in the neighboring city’s Target and heard at the Target near me that they had Pumpkin Spice in the store. I was…

I still don’t understand why at times, I’m really scared to do things I claim to love. Maybe it’s a combination of self-sabotage, fear of failure, and feeling inadequate. I’ve always loved words… the sharing and creating of them. But I slack. I’ll try to try now, because I know I can create pretty neat…

The last time I went to Subway, I was excited for the sub but left the little shop annoyed. The employee thought he had jokes upon jokes. He kept suggesting that I get vegetables on my sandwich that I hadn’t mentioned. Then he would proceed to nag me and poke fun. He’d say stuff like…

I like getting my glasses adjusted we very so often. I usually march on over to any public optical in a store or mall and politely ask to have them adjusted. I like my glasses to be nice and snug. The employees will usually give me this little shpiel and tell me that if I…

Due to being unemployed and often alone at home, there is a lot of time to do nothing. There’s also time to do much. However, today I admit I have not accomplished a lot. Yesterday, I applied for more places, made important calls, and spoke to friends in far places. Somewhere amidst those things, I…