T O B E C O M E M O R E C O N F I D A N T I N S P E A K I NG M Y M I N D If I had to choose my most important goal for 2018, that is it. Like most introverts, I often […]
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2017: year of growth
2017 has been, simultaneously, one of the best and worst years of my life. I have not had many words this year to describe all of my many feelings. While I have continued to write and share, there are so many more thoughts bottled up, compiling in my head, that I cannot seem to get […]
Finding the light
Each time she fell back into that hole, it seemed to get just a little bit darker. Each time, feeling as though more and more of herself was being taken away. And just as she learned how to fight off the debilitating darkness, just as she began to see the light again, the darkness would […]
It’s time to draw the line
Something has to change. We are all tired of hearing story after story of sexual harassment and misconduct. Tired of the pain we know too many have felt. Tired of the cyclical conversations that never seem to move us even an inch forward. Tired of knowing a neighbor, a friend, a sister or daughter that […]
Found
You are not lost, my dear. You are simply seeking your next adventure. Don’t let this world convince you otherwise. You were not made to know of everything you are or of everything you’re meant to do or of everywhere you’re meant to go. Instead, this life is a journey of discovery, and when the […]
Seasons
I felt the seasons start to change today. From warm to cold, from sun to clouds. I stepped outside to find leaves crunched beneath my feet. And I thought, how magnificent it is that the world knows just when to go from blue to grey, from green to orange. And that despite our human efforts […]
Be there
When you find yourself in a place of light, know that you are allowed to be there, to feel happiness. But don’t forget to cherish that feeling and to bottle it up for when darkness hits. Because light and dark come and go, in their own beauty, with their own purpose. Each teaching us to […]
Me, Too
It’s making a pact with their friends before going out at night, promising you’ll stick together, in fear that a lone female in a bar late at night might get taken advantage of. It’s shifting your gaze to stare at the ground while walking past a group of men on the street, in fear of […]
When I Grow Up
I was always the kid who, when asked the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?”, could never reply with just one answer. A flight attendant. A hair dresser. A foot doctor. A singer. A poet. A songwriter. An author. A teacher. A journalist. The president. The list went on and […]
More
Is there meant to be more to life than this? I’ve always burdened myself with the thought that my purpose should be to serve others… But each day a new challenge appears, a new endeavor fails, and the problems consume me. I keep looking at the bigger picture thinking, somewhere here I’ll make a difference. […]
Evan Petschke 