For those who aren’t familiar with August Alsina know that he is one of the most genuine and transparent artists out there. Over his career so far he’s been transparent through his music and interviews about his battles with depression along with thoughts of suicide. So when news broke about speaking out about his relationship with Jada Pinkett-Smith it wasn’t shocking for me. Continue Reading

“We have so little control over our lives. The only thing we can really control is what we spend our days on. What we work on, and how hard we work on it.” -Austin Kleon

One of the biggest things that I have to learn is to take things one day at a time. The biggest thing that a lot of us do is focus on the past and the future. The bitterness of what happened in the past or stressing on what may happen is what distracts a lot of us. We can’t change the past or predict the future, but we can control what’s going on at this moment. When you’re able to have consecutive good days you’re moving forward. Those days will stack up and life will become a little brighter.Continue Reading

For a couple of months, the world as we know it has changed. Mostly thanks to the Coronavirus the way we do things has altered our lives and how we must now think. It is stressful to be in the predicament where you are essentially an inmate in your own home or unemployed. As a creative, it’s been hard for me to gather the motivation and inspiration to create. The one thing that this pandemic allowed me to do is to think and realize more the importance of information and storytelling as a writer. While not being able to fully go out and waste time I’ve started back reading different kinds of publications. This inspired me to focus more on documenting things in my life again. It basically motivated me to journal more and share more of my thoughts on life as I know it again.Continue Reading