If you want to create more, you can’t underestimate the power of being encouraged and cheered on. We still need intrinsic motivation for everything we do, but that extra boost from the people around us is just as essential. If you take anything from this reading, I hope it’s that your ideas, passions, and all…
Author: Leeann Diaz
5 Songs That Will Get You In Your Feelings
The title says it all. I’m here to highlight five songs that have put me in my feelings lately. There’s something oddly touching and relaxing about listening to music that is as sad as I. The only criteria I have for this list is that it has to be a new song and it has…
Do You Have A Specific Niche? 6 Reasons Why It’s Important
Originally posted on Writing about…Writing:
What is your website all about? Is it something specific or is it more general? Do you want to share your expertise on a certain topic or you want to share your daily life? Saturday I wrote about the 3 questions every writer should ask the self and I…
How To Read More In 2021
I didn’t reach my reading goal this year. This blog is my attempt to make sure that doesn’t happen in 2021. I think the best place to start is with a little reflecting on how I got here. In 2019, I started reading for the first time since I graduated high school. Starting with a…
First Days Last
I’m already hating today. I try to act like it’s just another day, but once I’m in Nuik campus’s Den Hall it all hits me at once. Today is the last day. Not the last day of my college life, but the last first-day. The semester always flies by, I know that, but I always…
Welcome to the Get Psyched Blog
I Was An Unhealthy INFJ. I spent the first year of my college career getting myself into some weird situations. I look back at all of the things that took place, the people I knew, and the way things played out and wonder “How the f*ck did I get myself into all of that?” I…
Describe Her
She looks in the mirror after brushing her teeth, it’s impossible to avoid. There in her bathroom is a large glossy mirror that reflects everything. She couldn’t avoid it today. Not after last night. She knew she probably wouldn’t like whatever she saw, but all she could think about was what happened. __ ‘I’m so…