Category: self reflection
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Friendships Feed Our Souls
Friendships, especially those ride-or-die friends, are the lifeline to keeping a woman’s sanity in place. When I was a teenager and even through my twenties, the more friends I had, the more I felt like I was on top of the world. It told me I was something to everybody, which could actually never be…
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Why You Should Take A Gap Year
The whole point of a Gap year is to take a break from your studies, celebrate and party, work, or just relax and focus on your hobbies and yourself for a year. Many people do it differently, but after around 13 years in Education (the time most people reach 18), you need a chance to…
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The Choices We Make
Image Source: Pexels- Ann H. Choices are the decisions that we make every day, every moment, big or small, that shape our lives and experiences. These significant choices help us to reflect our goals, desires, and values. Some say we don’t have any control over our life and future, but the truth is that our…
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Rinse, Repeat, Rise
Like Taylor Swift once said, “This might be hard for you to hear. In your life, you will inevitably misspeak, trust the wrong person, underreact, overreact, hurt the people who didn’t deserve it, overthink, not think at all, self-sabotage, create a reality where only your experiences exist, ruin perfectly good moments for you and others,…
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Sights Of Savannah In One Weekend
Savannah has been the backdrop of movies like Forest Gump, Gemini Man, Baywatch, and 2019’s Lady and the Tramp, to name a few. Without a doubt, it is one of the most unique cities in the south, from its unique charm and beauty, decadent cuisine, and stunning architecture boasting of complex history. Maybe it is…
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What Is So Great About Hilton Head?
As the summer months approach and you plan a summer vacation, the beach generally is the one place families are drawn to. Customarily, families living in the southwest lean towards California as our go-to spot for the beach scene as it is closer. Our family is no different, and if we want something more off…
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Hair Pulling Has A Name
Monica – Will Write for Mangoes Originally published through Medium on November 19, 2023 Hair Pulling…is a trick. It’s one of those self-serving habits that slowly takes over until you just can’t help yourself. And, like any addiction, you’re stuck. Or so you think… You are here because you’re trying to find the name for…
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Everybody Grieves
Grief affects everyone at one time or another in their lives; it could be the loss of a loved one, a pet, the break-up of a relationship, or the loss of a home etc. Yet, people shy away from talking about it. They bury it deep and tell anyone who asks that they are fine…
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What A Leader Wants, What A Leader Needs
One of my proudest accomplishments in my life is that I have volunteered faithfully with the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol. I volunteer as a career counselor and have been doing this for over nine years. We follow the Air Force’s curricula so we can advance. Civil Air Patrol has a Cadet program…
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An Old Wedding Dress
An old wedding dress that someone didn’t want any more hangs on a rack in a quiet antique shop. It thinks to itself, “My best day is long behind me.” The dress waits and waits as people pass it by, hanging there sadly, hoping for another chance to shine. As luck would have it, a…