The Stephanie Files

    I feel like my writing has all been around a common theme lately.   Maybe it was an unspoken one, but it all sort of ties in together to where I’m at in my own life.   In theory the definition of self-worth is so simple:   respect or a favorable opinion of oneself , except this does not seem to be simple at all for a lot of people.   We end up in dead end jobs, unhealthy relationships, or sometimes totally alone because we’re looking for something we’re lacking in all of the wrong places or we’re scared to take a leap because of our own insecurities.   I see so many people that are unhappy and it breaks my heart.   Don’t they see how wonderful they are?   How talented and smart they are?   Don’t they see what they are doing to themselves?   The answer is obviously no, they have no idea.   So how do you mend a broken idea of what you are?   Honestly, the more I’ve grown and learned about myself, the ...

Great people do great things before they’re ready.   They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that is what life is.   You might be really good.   You might find out something about yourself that’s really special and if you’re not good, who cares?   You tried something.   Now you know something about yourself. - Amy Poehler I love this quote and it’s a concept that I have tried to live by over the last few years.   I was stuck, sad, frustrated, and genuinely had no direction.   I had this little square box full of ideas about what my life was supposed to look like and because I wasn’t fitting that mold I thought I was doing it all wrong.   I had “friends” that made me feel inadequate.   I had issues that I had locked deep down inside and refused to face.   I didn’t think I would ever amount to anything.   I hit this huge brick wal...