The Wawa-New Yorker

Dare to Act!

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HAPPY TUESDAY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!!! I hope you had a phenomenal weekend and are having a great start to this amazing week. Okay so, so this morning, I woke up with absolutely nothing to blog about. There are a couple of stories and occurrences I have saved up in my phone, but nothing I was excited about to share. Then something amazing happened! A dear friend of mine sent me a text message that lead to a conversation that has encouraged me so much, you know I had to share (with her permission of course). Please find our conversation … [Read more...]

Forget “How”!

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Before a mission, soldiers are told what the situation is and what the desired outcomes are. This is called the "Commander's Intent". Reason being is that, you can give a solider a detailed step-by-step guide on how to win a war, but the second bullets start flying, all that sh*t goes out the window and all he or she is just focused on how to come out alive and the mission. Have you ever noticed that a lot of times, dreams are given birth to and killed in your head? Why? Because you spend so much time thinking about the how that you stop before you even get a … [Read more...]

Midweek Encouragement – Joy

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Have you ever seen one of those “I finally left him” memes on instagram? You know, the ones of a woman who looks to be in her 80s, wearing a big smile on her face? Okay so, I logged into my personal instagram page last weekend and when I did, that was the first photo I saw. When I saw it, I cringed. Maybe it was because I once invested time in a man who never saw himself with me. Or maybe it was because I know others who have experienced this also. Whatever the reason, the photo rubbed me off the wrong way. Then I read the comments… There were a lot of “LOL”s, … [Read more...]

November Goals

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Happy New Month People! I hope you all had an amazing and safe weekend. Okay so, starting this November, at the beginning of every month, I will share my personal goals with you all. Note that I wrote goals not dreams. Please PROTECT YOUR DREAMS! Bad belle/haters are EVERYWHERE; so keep your dreams (as you work towards them) to yourself! Back to the matter - I have noticed that I do a lot better when I set specific goals for myself. It gives me something to work towards and something to feel good about upon completion. They also stress me out if I fall short … [Read more...]

FINISH IT

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Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. Okay so last Wednesday, I went to the gym for the first time in two weeks. So as you can imagine, Kickboxing class that night was brutal. My regular trainer is completing his forth level black belt something something (I wasn't listening to him when he explained the training because I was wondering why he didn't consider me when he was making these plans) and this new class instructor is a different kind of ogbanje (evil spirit). So yea, class was a struggle. I was sooo uncoordinated! ?? I've been training … [Read more...]