GraceMarie's Adventure Blog

Expectations Bang, bang. I'm reacting to the situation I'm making rash decisions Inside, my head is spinning Trying to recognize the thoughts being filtered through my subconscious. Tick, tick. A shiver runs down my spine Creating an uncomfortable sensation I'm starting to remember the things I've left behind Am I making the wrong decision? Would anyone bother to tell me if I was? Click, click. Sweat drips down my forehead I'm trying my best to focus on the task at hand. There's so much pressure Everyone is counting on me to finish it off But, the naysayers are lining up. Pop, pop. What if I don't live up to the expectations? I feel like I've been "trained my whole life" Clearly--if I fail, I didn't care enough I've been told that so many times I think I'm starting to believe it. Tweet, Tweet. I'm clearly not good enough--I don't care, right? But how can I foc...

  My dad and I got to go to Havasupai Falls last week. We spent 3 days and 2 nights in the canyon. This has been on my bucket list for a very long time, and I am so happy that timing worked out! We were lucky enough to snag the permits for this year. I heard that they sold out for the entire year in the first two hours! If you’re asking yourself: Hey, how do I go about planning a trip here? Permits? Etc? I will cover all of that in this blog post. So permits….every year, permits are released for Havasupai. They release 250 spots at the campground every day. They have the made process of getting permits slightly easier in that there is an online portal! Every year on February 2 nd , they release these permits. Luckily, I had my dad helping me on his computer when the permits were released. He was actually the one who got through to the page. I kept getting a “please refresh” page. I was honestly convinced that I was not going to get a permit, and even if I did I was not re...

So I stumbled upon this book because I follow Elan Gale and Molly Quinn on Instagram. Elan is a TV producer for the Bachelor and Molly was on the TV show Castle. Anyways.. This title really popped out to me, and I've been reading a lot of self-help/motivational/autobiographical books lately. So I thought that I'd give this book a shot. It was actually really cheap on amazon! It's currently 12.86 on amazon... here's a link: https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Not-That-Great-neither/dp/1478918292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519540614&sr=1-1&keywords=youre+not+that+great Anyways, I was really excited to read this. The book itself is not very long, and it's pretty small. There was a lot of interesting topics and suggestions within the book. There were a lot of relatable things in the book, and he kept a really sarcastic yet honest voice throughout. He talks a lot about the concept of rejecting "positive thinking". In fact, he basically says ...