5 Lessons I Have Learned Since Moving To New York City
My friend and I often joke about how everyone should be mandated to spending at least 6-12 months of their life living in New York City. Why? Well, simply because this city will teach you more about life, yourself, relationships, faith, and just about everything else that life has to offer than a class, a course, a book, podcast, sermon, or anything else, ever could. I am wildly convinced that living in New York City is a cheat code. A cheat code to understanding yourself and seeing what you’re made of…
Small Town Girl, Big City Dreams: The Birth of “xo, Kat’s Corner”
When I was 9 years old, I felt this odd and inexplicable knowing that I was supposed to document my life through written words. I was in the fourth-grade at the time, and nothing out of the ordinary was happening in my life, or so it seemed then.
Healing Is Necessary, Until It’s Not
On June 21, 2019, I woke up on the floor of my living room in the clothes I wore the night before, stained with mystery liquids, and zero memory on how I got home. How much I drank the night before was completely unknown, but I undoubtedly still had a dangerous amount of alcohol in my system.
On Quitting Drinking: You’re Not Ready Until You’re Ready
I don’t have a basic “I used alcohol because of xyz” statement that I can share with you.
Because it wasn’t just that “I used alcohol because it made me feel more free” or, “I used alcohol because it would numb out the pain I felt in so many areas of my life” or, “I used alcohol because it allowed me to feel more confident” or, “I used alcohol because once I had that first sip I didn’t know how to stop” or any other variation of that statement. It was all of it. It was all of it and so much more.