Be Creative; Be You

Hello dear readers. The world is a very weird place right now. We hear about sadness and heartache everyday. But times like these we need to think of the future, we will be free someday, both literally and from the fear we are currently feeling. So what better way to think of the future than making a list of all the things I would like to do in my life before I'm done living it. So here we go, my bucket list. #1 Go either sky diving or bungee jumping Now, people who know me are probably thinking, Gretchen, you are terrified of heights. Why would you jump from somewhere really high up? I think it would be cool, a rush and what not. Plus I don't like it when things I'm scared of hold me back. #2 Publish a book I have been a life-long reader. During school, I easily finished 100 books a year, and I try to read as much as I can. Also back in school, I had about 3 different teachers from different grades vote me most likely to become an author. In case you can't t...

Hello World! What a week. Let's keep the positivity rolling. This is part three, following along a list of journal prompts I found and will be completing during this post. If you would like to complete them yourself, the original post can be found here ( https://themadmommy.com/journal-prompts-for-self-esteem/ ) Let's jump right in, shall we? 21.  Write about something you need to tell someone who is negatively affecting your life. That's a tough one. Cause there is someone who's been negatively affecting my life lately, but usually we're close and it's been hurting me to be upset with them.  I usually hold whatever I'm feeling in too long and then I explode. Or what happens more often than not is that I just eat it. I just shove my feelings down into my stomach where I hold it, hoping it will go away. Sometimes it does, little things that bother me about people live there all the time. That's how the world works. You get a little annoyed and the...