#293 If I can be vulnerable for a minute or two—I love running a business. It might be small, but it’s small and mighty. Fun fact: I hated coffee for most of my life and was strictly a tea girl. I found my way to coffee through a lot of pain, disappointment, and growth. Before…
33rd birthday
#293 33. Somewhere I always wanted to go. When I first moved into my place, on a Sunday, after running my small business, I sat on my little kitchen floor and cried because I was having a hard time. I ugly cried. My favorite place to eat. By my red couch in front of the…
Career Crossroads: A Dreamers Journey
#292 Once again, I am at a crossroads. I can hardly believe it’s almost been nine years since I began my career in education. More importantly, it’s been about 10 years since I got my bachelor's degree! I stumbled upon my career in education by accident. I’d be lying to you if I said this…
Navigating Life Changes Through Writing
#291 Dear Readers, Where have you been? It’s like you have forgotten me? You just disappeared and stopped writing to me…are you okay? Have you been okay? How has the creativity been? How has your health been? How is life going? What is new? How is your corner of the world Frshta? I am sorry…
#290 Happy Summer
The tapes in my head. For the last few years, I have been activity working cutting the loops in my head by the endless tapes of my anxieties. Silencing it by telling myself to stop never worked. I would spend endless hours in my head going through different scenarios of different shitty situations. The loops…
#289 32nd birthday
Hello, As I start my 32nd year of life, I wanted to reflect on the 31st year of my life. 31 was a life-changing year, and I spent some time yesterday, on the day of my birth, reflecting on where I was last year during this time. It was the start of so many new…
#288 A world in a world
A world that makes me feel so insignificant yet I am even more insignificant the larger scale. I am an ant in a ginormous universe and possibly smaller than an ant. When I die, it will mean nothing to the larger scale of the universe. But, here we are, fighting to get noticed on this…
#287 Oscar blues
I remember a time in my life when I would watch the Oscars with tears in my eyes, and this feeling of awe. Tears rolled down my cheeks, as I imagined myself winning an Oscar. I would ugly cry as I imagined. Now, so many years later, I still wonder why an Oscar meant so…
#286 welcome back frsh
I haven’t written The Frshta Show blog in a while. I stopped because I felt like my content was very negative. It wasn’t that I fell off the horse. I just got tired of hearing myself and reading my words. The moment I stopped writing the blog, things started shifting for me for the better.…
#285 The Silent Depression
The Silent Depression There have been so many emotions in me lately. I haven’t been able to fully understand myself, There has been a tremendous amount of fear all around. This year has been challenging for the entire world. After a worldwide pandemic, can’t we just leave each other alone? Can’t we just let children…