You know what? It takes courage to get out there and live life, I mean to truly live it. To venture into the dating world, to compete, to pursue a career path, to travel abroad etc; all of these things take some serious guts. I spent a week on Tinder, and trust me, it can […]
Read moreWhile true that I may be off base with my assumptions here, I wonder why we tend to give women an almost ‘free pass’ when it comes to using kid gloves in the transition to BJJ, but we do not extend the courtesy to new men in the sport. While it can ring true that […]
Read moreBorn too late to explore the earth, born too early to explore the galaxy; alas we are the middle children of history. Often times, this is how I feel, maybe not in such a broad, contextual sense of the phrase, but in little tidbits here and there. I’m surrounded by the constant reminder that I […]
Read moreI have not been very kind to myself these days. I am pulling my mind and my body in a million different directions and then becoming angry with myself when I stumble a little along the way. But how can I be perfect and why do I even expect that out of myself? I don’t […]
Read moreNeither you nor I are under the obligation to be anyone’s friend, either on social media like Facebook or otherwise. I am so over allowing anyone to dampen my mood or darken my mental state that I honestly would just rather cut them out of my life completely. Anyone worth keeping would never put themselves […]
Read moreMan, let’s hear it for 2019 as the year that badass little girls reign supreme. I’m about to delve into some Game of Thrones spoilers so if you haven’t seen the mot current episode, I suggest putting this blog piece on hold. Lady Lyanna Mormont has to be somewhere around 12 years old and 80 […]
Read moreThe highs won’t ever feel as high if it weren’t for all the lows we face in life. A couple months ago, I busted my face open and lost a title fight and felt absolutely horrible. I was unfocused and deviated from any game plan set in motion and deserved to lose and suffered greatly […]
Read moreLet’s talk happiness; the seedy underbelly of what makes all the grime we go through in life worthwhile. When are you at your happiest and what incites those warm fuzzy feelings deep within your soul? So many different answers to this I always hear: the first time I saw my child after being born, looking […]
Read moreAn ambivert is a person who is defined as having both introverted and extroverted mindsets. We enjoy our time spent being around people, but we also need to take some solitary alone time in order to “recharge our batteries.” I love being surrounded by the people in my life, but occasionally, I need a break […]
Read moreEver hear the phrase that if you’re always the smartest person in the room, then you should get up and go find a new room? I am really trying to abide by this mindset lately. Not that I’m ever the most intelligent in any given room, I’m a moron, but I am always willing to […]
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