Category: self love

Nine Life Events that Have Shaped Me into the Person I Am Today

.Reading time 14 minutes.

“We shape ourself to fit this world and by this world are shaped again.” -unknown Nature vs. Nurture. One can say that a person’s traits are predetermined by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. However, I feel experiences and events shape a person’s traits through learned behaviors. Each of us have experienced monumental life events […]

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Fourteen Things I Would Tell My Younger Self

.Reading time 9 minutes.

We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience. -John Dewey Imagine you had a time machine, and you could use this time machine to visit your younger self. If you had the opportunity to, would you take it? And if you did, what would you do differently? Would you try to change […]

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The Singles’ Guide to Valentine’s Day

.Reading time 9 minutes.

Self-love is the best love. Teyana Taylor Valentine’s Day…in a nutshell- a holiday where lovers express their love through gifts and gestures that celebrated annually on February 14th. What may feel like a day to look forward to for couples, singles often dread the day and battle feelings of loneliness. But what if I told […]

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30 Self-Reflections I’ve Had in the Past Year

.Reading time 6 minutes.

My 31st birthday is this Saturday, January 30th and I cannot help but reflect on my past year as a 30-year-old. When I first turned 30, I claimed it as my golden year because I reached 30 years of life on the 30th day of not only a new year, but a new decade as […]

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