I was visiting my Maryland hometown in 2016, listening to Praise 106.1, driving down 95 South when singer/radio personality Darlene McCoy introduced the song of an artist whose sound I had never heard before. The lyrics simply said, So I started at the bottom, but now I'm here Got some people hating on me Guess I done came up, go

Let me just say it: sometimes you’re not lazy, unmotivated, or “falling off.” Sometimes you are just tired. You may be mentally tired from making decisions all day; physically tired from showing up for work, family, and responsibilities; spiritually tired from carrying things you’ve prayed about but haven’t seen shift yet. And when that kind of tired hits? Your routine — the one you worked so hard to build — starts slipping through your fingers. The gym gets skipped. The cont

I had a direction I wanted to go with this post, but after some self-reflection, I had to pivot. For a little over five years, I lived back in my hometown in Maryland, and felt that I lacked community. Here I was in the comfort of home, amongst family and my oldest friends, and I felt like a homebody. I wasn't meeting new people. I wasn't even attempting to. But as I reflect, I realize I wasn't establishing new relationships, I was cultivating old ones. I was rebuilding conne