Surviving The First Year Of Marriage: 7 Tips To Survive
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Surviving The First Year Of Marriage: 7 Tips To Survive

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“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.”
― Cornel West

Surving the first year of marriage has been a journey. Today, 8th of November 2019, I celebrate my first year of marriage!! #WeMadeIt. “If you can make it through your first year of marriage, you two can get through anything.” These were the words that were said to me from a married friend of mine near the time of our wedding last year. At the time, I didn’t understand why the first year of marriage would be the hardest. I mean, we have been living together for our entire relationship, what difference would marriage make to our relationship?

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Naked Truth — Mistakes
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Naked Truth — Mistakes

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Sometimes you have to be Jimmy and be willing and strong enough to 8 Mile yourself. People will always feel like their lives are somehow better than yours because of the whispers and rumours they have heard about yours. They compare and analyse the two and immediately rate themselves above you because of the hurdles and trials that you have endured.

Never be afraid to show that you’re human.

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Hit The Reset The Button
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Hit The Reset The Button

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“All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.”
― Muhammad Ali

Although life has no option to actually restart the day, week, month or year over like we can to our favourite song or movie, we still have the power to hit the reset button. Starting over fresh doesn’t confirm that you failed, it merely shows that you have reached a point of realisation where you realised that it is time to start over fresh.

Ctrl. Alt. Delete.

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Situationships -vs- Relationships
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Situationships -vs- Relationships

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A placement holder until they find the “one”. A placebo, disguising itself as the real thing—situationship.

All the signs are there, staring you in the face; you know what you are in. Yearning and wanting more, knowing in your heart that they cannot give you what you want and need, yet still, you stay.

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What The Cleveland Show Taught Me About Life
What The Cleveland Show Taught Me About Life
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What The Cleveland Show Taught Me About Life

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 “Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can’t get any better, it can.” 

― Nicholas Sparks

There are lessons to be learned and knowledge to be gained in everything we encounter.

In just about every episode of The Cleveland Show, Cleveland has some battle to overcome; something is always going wrong. No matter what the situation is, he remains optimistic and doesn’t treat it as if it is life or death.

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The Journey To Giving Fewer Fucks
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The Journey To Giving Fewer Fucks

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The journey to giving fewer fucks while still being me is definitely a road that is not easily navigated. It is one where many people stand on the sidewalk shouting advice and telling you what to do, who and what to care about, providing what they call “foolproof plans” to get there. Truth, it is easy to sit and shout from the sidelines but it is so much more difficult to navigate through the journey without gaining a few scars and losing pieces of yourself.

This journey is particularly hard for me and here is why.

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