I am 19 and I became chronically ill when I was 14. Read more of my story here. When I got sick, I was sort of forced into a slower-paced life. I couldn’t keep up with the fast-paced life I was used to, and my sense of normalcy sort of left. I wasn’t ready for…
I have been chronically ill for 5 years and my love for adventure is just as strong. Here are a few of my favorite ways to find adventure on low energy days.
I am by no means a psychologist, but these are 10 things I have found that make those mental slumps more bearable for me. Things that always make me feel a little closer to feeling like myself again.
It took a long time for me to accept this, but five years in, I can assure you it really is okay to do things differently. Not just for people with chronic illness, but for everyone.
Here are 7 things that drain a whole lot of my energy, and they are probably draining yours too.
A few weeks ago, I published this blog post, Advice From a Sick Girl: Saying “Yes”. I talked about how being sick made me fall in love with life and taught me to take opportunities as they come. On the other side of that, being sick taught me how to say “no.” Am I completely…
Just a few years back, I wasn’t living at all. I let my body and my overthinking mind take over my life. I feared for my future and the bucket list items that never had the chance to be ticked off…
