Today before work I meditated on confidence and my goals. I feel these go hand in hand in my life. I have small dreams and goals that I want to achieve, but sometimes I don't try to reach them right away because of doubt. Self doubt almost stopped my career goals for this year. One … Continue reading Self Doubt
Archieved Posts
Who is Ray?
I am a young woman who may just have been born in the wrong decade. I am smart. I am goal oriented and determined. I have a lot of self discipline. I am loving and kind. I love to be of help to others. I love mentoring and coaching. I am a daughter, a sister, a … Continue reading Who is Ray?
Journey to Self Love
Recent events in my life have really shown me the lack of self love I really have. I can be so critical of myself. I used to have a problem with perfectionism. I had to have everything perfect and if it was anything less, I was self conscious. Over the years I've learn to allow … Continue reading Journey to Self Love
My One Year Anniversary
Yet another eventful post. Today marks a year since I moved to Atlanta and started my career as a nurse. I am so grateful to be in this position. As I look back at my childhood and teenage years, I feel like I was almost groomed to be fearful of the world. To be fearful of what … Continue reading My One Year Anniversary
Setting My Intentions
Written 1/21/18 It's been a few months since I've embarked on this positivity journey. It is going quite well if I may say. I've been meditating more and making sure I set my intentions every day when I get up and go to work. I don't do it everyday simply because of my work/sleep schedule … Continue reading Setting My Intentions
Journey to… Positivity
Written 10/19/17 As I was driving back home from an AMAZING homecoming experience, I couldn't help but notice my mind was wandering. I soon found myself sighing "Welp, back to reality". Then I had to stop myself. Why am I sighing that I have to go back to my amazing job? To my own apartment? … Continue reading Journey to… Positivity
Adulting: The Beginning
Written 7/6/17 It's official, I've been adulting for the past 4 months now. That is when I officially moved away from home, from my security, and moved to the big city Atlanta with a "big girl" job. I don't deal with change well, so I was expecting lots of breakdowns within these past few months … Continue reading Adulting: The Beginning
Ending the College Chapter
Written on 12/16/16 It has almost been a year since my last post, and so much has changed. There has been so much growth in my life. I just want to express how overwhelmingly proud I am of graduating from college this semester. I just graduated from THE best HBCU in the nation! I spent … Continue reading Ending the College Chapter
What is Being Fearless?
Written 6/3/15 November of last year I embarked on my journey to fearlessness which I wrote about previously. For the past 7 months I can say that I have been living fearlessly. I recently got a tattoo on my side of the word "fearless", and it is now occurring to me that many may not … Continue reading What is Being Fearless?
#DearMe: A Note to My Younger Self
Written 3/6/15 If I only knew then what I know now: Dear Ray, Don't be afraid of the unknown. Be adventurous. Get out of town. Don't let your fear of failing or not being supported stop you from leaving and doing what you want, you will regret it later. Don't put all your eggs in … Continue reading #DearMe: A Note to My Younger Self
Learning as I Grow 