Good News Sunday: Happiness amidst COVID 19

Good News Sunday: Happiness amidst COVID 19

It's hard these days to just turn on the tv, radio, computer, phone and not be bombarded with bad news. The effects are hard on us mentally as we try to grasp the situation we are emerged in and what our future will look like. Today, I thought it would be nice to bring some [...]

Coronavirus Update: Gratitude Challenge

Coronavirus Update: Gratitude Challenge

Hey Everyone! I hope all of you have been doing well and have been safe during these difficult times. I don't know about any of you, it feels like each week is presented with a whirlwind of new information, data, unpredictable certainity and its a little nerve wrecking. Although the future has been upended for [...]

A Year On Recovery Road: Mental Health Tips Gained from 2019

A Year On Recovery Road: Mental Health Tips Gained from 2019

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the One Year Anniversary of On Recovery Road! We made it! Thank you all for coming along for the journey. I hope the topics discussed over the course of this blog has helped you with some of the mental challenges you have faced with in your life. In todays post, I [...]

Time for Self-Reflection

Time for Self-Reflection

What a year! What a decade! With a new year comes time for self-reflection and boy what a time to self reflect. I apologize in the delay of writing in the blog. These last couple of months have been a whirl wind and I am sure everyone can understand. The holiday season and wrapping up [...]

A Walk in the Woods: It’s okay to Change

A Walk in the Woods: It’s okay to Change

Today's post is going to be a short, but important topic; Why it's okay to change. I recently had a memorable experience at Yosemite National Park. It was amazing. The drive to get there was interesting to say the least. I was expecting the way leading to Yosemite as lined with forest and rolling hills, [...]

Mirror Mirror: The Self Image Issue

Mirror Mirror: The Self Image Issue

Hey all! Its been a second since I posted anything. I originally started working on the post after Fathers Day. Hope everyone had a good day. I celebrated the day by doing a tradition my father and I used to do on Sundays, get bagels and the newspaper. There's this place Art's Bagels & More [...]

The Magical Key to Happiness

The Magical Key to Happiness

Hey All! Hope you had a great start to your week! This weekend I got to see Aladdin and I remembered how much I admired and had a crush on Aladdin. I mean, how could you not? The story of Aladdin was very appealing to me. A diamond in the rough meets a girl and [...]

Knowing When to Quit: Death of the Twinkie

Knowing When to Quit: Death of the Twinkie

Hey everyone! Hope you have had a wonderful weekend. For my Game of Thrones fan I hope you weren't too bummed out by the series finale! This weekend Bella and I went to the park for the first time. I think she had a good time 🙂 Without further ado, let me get on with [...]

To All The Boys I’ve Crushed On Before. Hard Lessons: Dealing with Rejection

To All The Boys I’ve Crushed On Before. Hard Lessons: Dealing with Rejection

Hey All! Hope everyone has had an amazing week. Today, I want to take the opportunity to go over something that is extremely hard for me and something I still struggle with to this day. Rejection. I am talking all kinds of rejection. Romantic, Work, Friends, Family, being picked as the last team member, I [...]

Application Review: Shine Application

Application Review: Shine Application

Happy weekend! This weekend turned out to be quite pleasant. Lots of sunshine allowed for a great time under the sun. I got to go out and do some landscaping and gardening. My gardening supervisor Before I get into the review, I wanted to take a moment to go over something that I mentioned in [...]