Living life!

Becoming Your Best Self … For Yourself! Becoming the best version of yourself isn’t about being perfect, living without mistakes, or keeping up with someone else’s highlight reel. It’s about choosing you , each day, in small and big ways, so that you can live with purpose, peace, and joy. Fill Your Cup First One of the most important lessons in life is to find the things that fill your cup. For some, that might mean quiet mornings with matcha and journaling. For others, it’s laughter with friends, playing a sport you love, traveling to new places that spark adventure, or spending time with animals, giving them thousands of kisses or burying your face deep in their fur, and just inhaling the comfort and love they offer. Pay attention to what makes you feel alive and refreshed and do more of that. When your cup is full, you have more to give to others. The People Around You Matter The company you keep influences the direction of your life. Surround yourself with people who mak...

For a long time, I believed I was my job. Like many in Student Affairs, I threw myself into the work heart-first late nights at programs, weekend retreats, advising meetings that ran well past office hours, and always being "on" for someone else. I loved the energy, the impact, the purpose. But somewhere along the way, I lost sight of me outside the office. As a single woman in Student Affairs, it’s easy to fall into the rhythm of overwork. There’s an unspoken narrative that if you don’t have a partner or children, you have more time to give. more time for late-night emails, last-minute event fixes, or picking up "just one more" committee. But what often gets missed is that single doesn’t mean unanchored or unoccupied. My time still matters. My joy still matters. And the more experience I gain in this field, and in life, the more protective I’ve become of that time. I’ve learned that work is what I do to support my life, it’s not who I am . That’s a lesson I w...