Tag: Self Care

A Few Moments To Myself

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A break is needed

AI-Generated Image: A Black woman with locs sitting on her couch, reading a book. She is wearing a beige sweater, khaki pants, and the background is soft and mellow with a hint of sunlight breaking through her window. Created with Canva.

I am in production and continued training mode at work. That being said, my focus is on the grind and perfecting the roles I am transitioning through. I am also searching for a part-time WFH job due to the impending rent hike that’s just around the corner.

Needless to say, I need a break.

I want to enjoy all that I can during this coming week at my job, learn more, and devote my time to our patients. I also want to maintain a sense of self as I come to grips with the reality of going back to working two jobs.

I will return to this creative space with the Sunday features: Opening Lyrics To Songs That I Love and Sunday Microfiction next Sunday, August 10, 2025.

For now, please enjoy this groovy tune and a few posts from the past in my absence.

Let Me Grow

What If We Could Haiku the Pain Away?

The Beauty of Love and Creativity

Something To Think About #16

Peace and blessings.

Breaks Are Necessary

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And it’s time A Cornered Gurl takes one . . .

I will be away from WordPress from Monday, January 06, 2025, until Sunday, January 12, 2025. There are three scheduled posts for readers and visitors to enjoy in my absence. The comments have been turned off as I will not be logged in to respond to them and congregate with you. I hope and pray that this week will be more than kind to everyone who has ever visited this site.

I wish you love, peace, joy, and strength as the week morphs from beginning to end.

Peace and blessings.

Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-Book and Paperback) yet?

World Mental Health Day

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Study Smarter

I woke up this morning a bit off-kilter with my emotions all over the place.

It’s been stressful at work of late, and I’ve been processing a lot from last year and simply trying to move through everything without completely breaking down.

I haven’t been too successful, but that’s only because I’m stubborn, and I’ve had to be shown I need to take more time away from work.

So feeling all that I’m feeling and knowing I wouldn’t be able to provide my job with 100% of me today, I am taking an FMLA day, and I intend to rest my mind, body, and soul.

Coincidentally, I learned it is World Mental Health Day today. God is always trying to tell us something.

World Mental Health Day (10 Oct) is a day to talk about mental health and show everyone that mental health matters. It’s also a day to let people know that it’s okay to ask for help, no matter what you’re going through.

As the theme of World Mental Health Day highlights, ‘mental health is a universal human right’. That’s why at Mental Health Foundation, we’re dedicated to addressing the inequalities in mental health and working towards good mental health for all, not just for some.

—Mental Health Foundation

If you need this day, please take it. Do not be like me and wait until you’re nearly bursting at the seams from built-up pain and anguish.

Be good to you today.

Peace and blessings.

A Short Break

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Our Mindful Life

I will be preparing myself for the arrival of my kid sister this coming Friday. She’ll be here to celebrate her 23rd birthday with me, and I haven’t seen her in a little over three years.

I have work today through Thursday, and then I will have Friday and next Monday off.

I will return back to my regularly scheduled WordPress interactions and creative writing on Saturday, July 09, 2022, in the morning.

Here’s hoping Tuesday and the rest of this week will be a safe, enjoyable, loving, and blessed one for each of you.

Peace and blessings.

Dr. Tiffany Jana: A Powerful Voice for All People

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Dr. Tiffany Jana

I follow her on Medium as well as LinkedIn. I do so because her voice is a powerful one, and she advocates for self-love, self-care, anti-racism, and anti-ableism, among some other important causes near and dear to me.

I am not big on listening to podcasts or watching a large number of TED Talk videos, but I do enjoy her videos and her memoirist-like essays that have been featured all over the internet.

She is a FORCE, y’all. And I am here for it!