Purpose
April 5, 2017

“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it,” says Simon Sinek in his TED talk How Great Leaders Inspire Action. A purpose is the most important thing you will ever have, because ultimately, it determines the course of your entire life. It seems that if someone’s purpose motivates them enough, they…

Why you need more time than you think to finish your projects.
March 29, 2017

  The planning fallacy, first proposed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979, is a phenomenon in which predictions about how much time will be needed to complete a future task display an optimism bias and underestimate the time needed. From Wikipedia.   This fallacy has never been more prominent in my life than when…

YA Romantic Fantasy
March 27, 2017

Genre: YA Romantic Fantasy You’ll like this if you like: Stories Where Imperfections Become Strengths, an Unexpected Love Interest, or Addictive YA Novels. Cleanliness: It’s mentioned that Eliyana (the protagonist) was born outside of wedlock. Eliyana kisses two guys in the story—each once. But… for good reason (at least the second time). In fact, the reasons…

Prom Bucket List
March 24, 2017

What’s on your prom bucket list? What things have you always wanted to do for prom? (For example: to drive to prom in a limo, to order a custom-designed dress, or to have a date 😉 )

Happiness, Jealousy
March 22, 2017

Being happy for others is hard.  It’s how we gets books with titles like: I’m Happy For You (Sort Of… Not Really).  Recently, I got second place at a tournament for my speech. My grandparents called and after being told what I’d won, congratulated me. I assured them that I planned to do better next time. Grandpa reminded…

God's Way, God's Will, I'm so lost
March 15, 2017

In a previous post, I’ve said that the things I face in life are God’s decisions, not mine. I was freaking out over making the right decision, only to realize it wasn’t mine to make. But wait a second… doesn’t God let us make our own decisions? Doesn’t He ask us to choose? To let…

Contemporary Christian Romance
March 13, 2017

Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance You’ll like this if you like: A Romantic Interest with a Complicated, Mysterious History, Love Triangles (Where Both Love Interests Have Hidden Motivations), or Finding Love Again. Cleanliness: Bridget kisses J.C. a time or two, and she kisses Caleb once. After one kiss, her mom notes that it’s been a while since…