Greetings from Austin, everybody! The past two weeks sure haven't been all rainbows, butterflies, and sunshine down here. (Well, actually there has been plennnnntyyy of sunshine. With temperatures most days exceeding 105 degrees, but that's beside the point.) A few days after signing off on my last post my boyfriend and I found ourselves in... Continue Reading →
Ashlyn Becoming an Austonaut
I can't wait to get out of Kansas! If you have known me for any length of time then you have heard those words come out of my mouth on almost a daily occasion. So often, in fact, that I was even beginning to make myself irritated by how repetitive I was sounding. It was... Continue Reading →
It’s Not About You, It’s About Love
T-minus eight hours (give or take) until our timelines across social media platforms will be flooded with Valentine's Day posts. Every year, without fail, I could bet money on seeing handfuls of statuses, snap stories, tweets... etc. filled with posts that condemn the holiday followed with whiny, self-pity parties thrown by single people across the... Continue Reading →
We Aren’t Properly Loving Ourselves Through Depression.
I've seen countless blogs about how others should love us through depression. I've sure you all have seen them too with titles such as: "Things to Remember When Loving Someone With Depression" or "How to Love Me and My Depression." Although most of the blogs with these and similar titles are good reading material and... Continue Reading →
Past Eight: Rediscovering Ashlyn / Part Two
"MAYBE THE JOURNEY ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT BECOMING ANYTHING. MAYBE IT IS ABOUT UNBECOMING EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T REALLY YOU SO YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WERE MEANT TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE." I have a really frustrating capability to love others more than I love my own self. This capability can be overwhelming and... Continue Reading →
Past Eight: Rediscovering Ashlyn / Part One
I've had a lot of people reach out to me over the past eight months asking when my next blog update would be, if I would blog about the break up, my new life, or the challenges I faced over the past few months. I decided to wait until I found the right words to... Continue Reading →
#30DaysOfHappiness: Day 16 & 17
Smiles from the past two days: 1) I got my tongue pierced. This was the easiest piercing I have ever gotten! I went to stray cat tattoos here in Manhattan, KS. The piercer there, John, is absolutely AMAZING at what he does. I was really nervous and he calmed me down by making me laugh... Continue Reading →
#CouldYouNot: A response to today’s “Daily Prompt”
Today the daily post, wich you can click on here -> http://wordpress.com/read/post/id/489937/71980/, has asked us what makes us tick.I was trying to narrow down just one thing that makes me go kaboom and instantly get irritated.. But then realized there are actually quite a few...Here are my top pet peeves:NUMBER ONE: I really really really cannot stand hearing other... Continue Reading →