About
I was obsessed with inspirational quotes when I was a preteen. I'd write them down, collect them from school and song lyrics and anywhere else, and create my own motivational posters. I printed them out and plastered all over my family's home office; by the time I was 13, I had filled every wall, door, cabinet, and shelf with sayings on 8x11 printer paper decorated in default Microsoft Publisher template designs.
Though I'm much older now, I'm no less axiomatic. My work cubicle has a poster that says, "Grow through what you go through," a reminder of how much I've lived and how I want to live. I don't believe in ultimate truths, but I do believe in the power of belief. I believe in knowing what I stand for. And I believe in communicating that knowledge through words so I can see them, hear them, and internalize them.
I blame my parents for this, as they're the ones who always told me: 1. Health and safety is number one, 2. Know how to prioritize, and 3. When there's a will, there's a way. Nowadays, I know they were correct. They usually are.
So this webpage is a testament to my younger self as much as it is to my current self in this way. With each page load is a tip on how to be happy and how I want to live my life, at the very least. Some maxims originate from me while others may be verbatim or paraphrased from someone else. But where these words come from matter less than what I want them to do: to guide myself through life by principles that I've always known, and that most people, on some level, can all agree on.
And if my idea of happiness resonates with anyone else, I hope these words may help them too.
