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A couple days ago, I began the brand new “Confidence” 10-day training plan in my meditation app. Yesterday’s intro said something profound…

Time to consider my final fears: success and hate. You’ll soon see why they belong together in this post. Fear of success…

My second fear is of criticism, or critical feedback. It’s a fear, just like failure, that I faced as soon as I…

What am I afraid of? I’m an introspective person; one of my favorite hobbies is figuring out how I tick. So as…

My senior year at Brigham Young University, I took a creative writing class (Eng218R). Our final project was to submit a portfolio…

Why do I write? Why do I put myself through all that blood, sweat, and tears? (Because, just so you know, it…

I spent my last post talking about why I didn’t want a blog, but I didn’t actually address what kind of blog…

I have a blog. Goodness gracious, that is terrifying. How did I get here? I’ve never wanted a blog. I’ve never felt…

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