by Jamie Thurber | Aug 27, 2017 | Be the Change, Inspiration, Self Reflection
Real talk, lately I’ve been super frustrated in a couple of areas of life. I’ve been put in a few situations where I was told, or told myself, that I needed to just back off and not say anything. I was left to stand here feeling like I was choking, feet stuck in the...
by Jamie Thurber | Aug 23, 2017 | Be the Change, Self Reflection
Sometimes I have uncontrollable tears rolling down my face when I write my reality (a journaling process you’ve probably heard me talk about before). I feel it so deep in my soul that I burst into tears. I FEEL IT. It’s so real. It’s so all consuming...
by Jamie Thurber | Aug 8, 2017 | Be the Change
YOU’RE JUST TOO MUCH If I had a dollar for every time I heard that…. I’d own an island. “You’re just too much.” “Do you even know what you want?” “How can you expect that?” “Why do you need more than what you have right now?” I was told these things most of my life. I...
by Jamie Thurber | Aug 7, 2017 | Be the Change, Independent Woman, Self Reflection, Who I Am
I was 24 before I was ever taken on a real date. Like the guy had it planned, picked me up at my house and took me out sort of date. Yep, 24. I had my first “official” boyfriend when I was 16, so that’s almost 10 years before meeting someone who was...
by Jamie Thurber | Aug 4, 2017 | Be the Change, Inspiration, Life Hacks
I was standing at the fair last night and couldn’t help but overhear a conversation that two women were having about how bad it sucked that they had to go to work the next day. Yes, I also was tired and the thought of waking up at 6 am the next morning didn’t sound...
by Jamie Thurber | Aug 3, 2017 | Be the Change, Get Shit Done, Independent Woman, Inspiration, Self Reflection
I was worried all day. I planned as much as I could because I thought that might help. It didn’t. I puke all of my guts up in the car before we even go in. I was going to pass out. I knew it. I was nervous. I know what my body does when the adrenaline starts pumping...