Working with adolescents on a daily basis, there’s so many lessons and advice I give them that I wish I could have given myself at 17. Things I know now, that I wish I knew then. You never realize the moments you become a better version of yourself until you look back on it. From …
New Jersey: North vs. South
The conversation I can never get away from, and everyone wants to have. North Jersey vs South Jersey. Poor Central Jersey just has an identity crisis because who knows if it actually exists. Each one thinking they’re better than the other. I hear it from friends. I hear it at work. I heard it at …
Ambition.
I knew what I wanted to write about today, but I couldn't find the words for it. I stared at my screen trying to figure out how to put my thoughts into words. Saying phrases out loud like, "don't be content", "make changes", "don't settle", I kept going until the word found me. Ambition. Lately, …
It’s about that time.
Remember when I said the whole point of me creating this blog was to sell my art? Well, it's about that time. I originally had absolutely no idea how to create multiple prints of my original stuff (because who wants to sell the original and never see it again?), or how to sell, or how …
Taking a Knee.
Ok – It’s been five days since the NFL broke the internet (and the radio, and the news). I wrote a post this past Monday in regards to the NFL taking a knee, which I deleted like 10 hours later. I deleted it because my opinion differed from so many of my friends and family …