I’m not a financial advisor. Learning about the benefits of long term investing as compared to long term saving has been such a blessing to me as I see how inflation and opportunity cost actually make saving a very expensive decision.

Dreams are powerful tools to tell us more about ourselves and our lives when we’re not awake

Like finances and negotiation, conflict resolution communication is a critical life skill that we don’t all have the environment to learn growing up. However, as an adult, we have to take responsibility for our own gaps and I am learning how to communicate more effectively in situations of tension rather than being passive or passive aggressive

My friend and I are exercising consistently for the first time in a long time because were tapping Into the power of shared accountability for a mutual goal rather than beating ourselves up for a lack of “willpower”

I finished reading The Five Love Languages book. The questions on my mind as a result are what are the differences between the languages you give love in versus the languages that you receive love in and how can I be more intentional about loving myself in my own love languages?

Saying affirmations has helped me orient my mind in the right direction but has also increased my self awareness of things that have come up for me emotionally throughout the day that I may have ignored or missed

There was a time you had to look people up to see what updates they posted on their wall instead of endlessly scrolling a news feed to see what everyone else is up to these days. Getting off social media allows you to take time to be intentional about getting updates from those that you care about as well as learning what you want to learn and see and care about rather than having what other people think you should care about shoved in your face. Try it!

I really hate working out but have managed to find some consistent physical activity by reframing how I approach execrise

Atomic habits by James clear talks about setting up environmental cues to enable you to build better habits without willpower. Pairing music and flossing has shown improvements for me. Would highly suggest reading the book and finding your own habit forming hacks!

Highly recommend reading the book Atomic Habits by James Clear

Don’t make the mistake I thinking that your goals aren’t good enough just because they don’t match the goals that somebody else has for themselves

An organize conversation between my friend Samuel and myself about the meaning of life, how discomfort leads to growth, the necessity of connection, and learning to start new things despite their imperfections. Please give it a listen!!

All this time, I had thought that in order to work out, I first have to feel good about working out. I am now realizing that I don’t have to feel good about working out; I have to feel good about the consequences of reaching my goals, making that more important than the discomfort of the means by which I do so

Take an inventory of who you surround yourself with because you are the average of the five people around you. If you’re going to be the average of something you might as well be the average of excellence.

Demonstrate consistency to yourself before investing time in equipment or memberships that will end up going unused because you managed to convince yourself yet again that you’d be different this time.

Pretend you’re a product. Have you ever leaned into your product market fit, or are you using energy to chase down fixing all of your “imperfections”?

You don’t have to understand why other people have the feelings they do in order to allow them the space to express themselves. Let people be happy or sad or whatever it is!

As validating as it is to have someone understand what you’re going through, labels can be a cage you feel you might never escape

Don’t think about how a contact might pay off in the future; learn to find value in all the ways your relationships already add so much to your life in the present

Impostor syndrome isn’t an isolated incident. It’s a pattern of thinking. As with all patterns of thinking, it can be unpacked and unlearned