Karla's Chronicles

Life certainly has a way of conjuring up its inner monster. I would say more than half of the time we really don’t have any idea why bad things are happening to us. Problems in life are inevitable. They are going to happen and sometimes, though not on purpose, we fall into the trap of depression. Depression is much more than the monster under your bed. It is a teeming shadow that follows you around trying to rid you of all things good and positive. It is what might be referred to as the devil on your shoulder. Depression is not just something you get over. Once experienced, it never completely goes away. I wish I had a magic wand to eliminate the negative things from all our minds. It can also show up unexpectedly when it is most unwelcome. It can terrorize you when you least expect it, even when you have been happy for months. It can appear out of nowhere. When I was younger and first experienced depression, I did not understand how to cope. Now that I am older, I realize that it i...

The boredom bug is bound to bite all of us at a certain point in life. Sometimes its bite is sharp and unrelenting. Other times, a simple activity will alleviate the boredom and you will soon forget you were ever unoccupied. When I was younger, the boredom bug used to bite me all the time. For some reason or another, I could not combat the boredom bug when I was home during the week! It was honestly awful, and I noticed that I complained more at that time more than I ever did before! I am beyond glad that I am no longer bored so easily. To be fair though, I presently write for two different websites so the creative overflow keeps me busy and constantly thinking. I don’t have the time any longer to let the boredom consume my mind. Too much time to think negatively is never good. That is the precise moment when your depression (if you are a sufferer) will overtake you. Depression is surely a tricky bastard. It will spend all its time haunting you until you cannot take it anymore and may ...

I honestly think that quote blogs are my favorite type of entry to piece together. I especially like writing about things I can directly relate to. Over the past couple of years, I have been working really hard to hone my craft and work on perfecting it even further. I have not done this alone of course. To be perfectly honest, I think I am a much better writer now than I was just a short 5 years ago when I first published my poetry collection. Yes, the work in those books were good. Some pieces were exceptional. However, now, I find that I am getting better at writing in prose. I am working with a number of blog sites to try to zero in on this side of my talent so that I can finally graduate to writing my memoir without too much confusion and fuss. Of course, I am always excited and thrilled when a blog company picks up on one of my posts and decides to publish it. That feeling is the feeling I live for. Writing is what I was meant to do and it is certainly humbling when others fin...

From the beginning of time, we are careful to craft our life and the experiences surrounding it. We do our best to make sure that our life is as comfortable and content as possible. Of course, everyone wants their life to flow perfectly, but, unfortunately, that is not the nature of life. Shit happens. Not to throw you off course, but because the good and the bad create an equal balance. Your attitude plays a huge role in this significant balance. I am not saying that your attitude will completely reverse all the awful things that happen to you. However, when you have a positive attitude, it tends to make the bad things sting a little less. The good things do come around when you are patient and willing to wait in the balance. The good things allow for great balance and comfort in your life. Once you have discovered your life’s purpose and you have the fire in your eyes, nothing can stop you except yourself! Everyone has their own passions and with that passion, they paint their ow...

It is so easy to make the remark “just get it done”. It is so much harder to obtain the energy and motivation to do something you have been meaning to do but keep putting it off. The reason you are putting it off likely must have something to do with what you are lacking. Maybe you do not have the confidence. Maybe you fear rejection and thinking you are not good enough. I have officially been a writer for 5 years now. Even though I have been officially published twice and now have been seen on numerous websites, my negative thinking still creeps in and tells me I will never really make it from time to time. While writing my memoir is still a strong dream of mine, I am waiting a couple more years to hone my skills and appreciate and experience more of life. To be honest, I am not sure I have the confidence to embark on the journey of writing a book. These blogs certainly do help and are contributing to me improving my writing skills and to understand what it is like to write ever...

Change is always something that challenges us, whether positive or negative. I am proud to announce that I have some positive ones to share with you that could mean a lot more attention in the writing world for me across the world wide web! Of course, many of you are familiar with this blog, especially lately because I have really started to add to it content wise. In addition to this, I have been selected as a contributor for The Mighty and Project Wednesday, both of which are highly empowering blogging sites that have the potential to reach out to others. I am realizing now that my impact is limitless, and that alone makes me extremely excited!! Now just because I am going to be working on multiple platforms does not mean that I am going to abandon this blog. I’m just going to be twice as busy. Not a problem for me at all! Writing is my passion, and I will use every last breath I have to keep chasing after it!!

Oh my. Where oh where do I even begin??? That is a good question to ask myself, right?? To be honest, this past weekend was filled with such excitement and love that I am not even sure where to begin, but I’ll do my best to make it flow and give y’all the best recap possible!! This weekend, I travelled with my good friend Nicole to see our favorite band Lifehouse! Nicole and I connected through our love of Lifehouse, and I always felt like they were the bridge to our friendship! I was going to Jacksonville thanks to Nicole’s generous heart & her lovely idea to purchase VIP tickets for me as a birthday present! This will absolutely go down as the best and most fitting birthday gift I have ever received! I have been an avid fan of Lifehouse for 17 years now! I fell in love with their music at the very beginning of time and have never looked back! They have helped me through the darkest and most tumultuous parts of my life and for that, I’ll be forever grateful! They are the reason th...