“My opinion will always matter more than yours.” If we continue with this narrative, how will we grow? Black vs White. Men vs Women. Blondes vs Brunette. The silent ( and not so silent) comparisons have doomed our ability to bond with others. Opinions vary from person to person, facts…

When I sign on to this app, it's filled with ‘how to make jillions of dollars in one month’, listicles about why your writings suck and I think it’s lame. I refresh a few times hoping for a groundbreaking, good ole subconscious brain massage, but I get; nothing. What happened…

Motivation is the special sauce we must all drizzle on our goals. It’s the only ingredient we need to excel in whatever we put our minds to. In elementary school, our parents always told us to aim for good grades. I can say personally their words went in one ear…

Working for yourself sounded like a burden as someone who enjoyed working for someone. I worked in hospitality, where you meet new people daily, and I was able to exercise my people-person skill. I wasn’t selling unnecessary clothing like retail. …

Writing is a therapeutic tool. As humans, we have thoughts we don't care to discuss and need an outlet on where to put them. We can call our friends or discuss them during therapy, but what's better than keeping a log of your inner thoughts. My favorite thing about journaling…

This article comes to you at the end of Black History Month and Women’s Month eve. Music is a part of us. We listen to music when were are sad, happy, or simply taking a drive to Trader Joe’s. I still listen to 90’s R&B, trap music, and old-school reggae…

Dear Medium, I recently received an email about the number ratio of my followers. I get it; no one wants to bank on the person who isn’t wholly dedicated to using your fantastic platform. Through scrolling this site, it’s bombarded with “how to make $$,” not much about life, experiences…

We have heard about toxic negativity. Have we shed light on toxic positivity? If you let people tell it, they were never negative in their lives. We have to honor moments when we weren’t our best as a collective. Toxic positivity happens when people do not fully acknowledge negative emotions…

.. it meant the world to me. As a writer, we are the King of procrastination. We embody imposter syndrome and never put out our writing. In the great words of Erykah Badu, “I’m an artist, and I’m sensitive about my shit.” So we drown ourselves instead of releasing our…