success – Ren Martinez

Gardens

I’m trying to exorcise the ugly inside me. No one does right all the time. There are times that I well up with it, rage like splinters beneath my nails, doubt like claws running down the back of my neck, fear sour and dripping from my tongue. Humans are gardens, but even the most beautifulContinue reading “Gardens”

When Giving Up is Getting It Right

My life has been one upheaval after another these last two and a half months. Learning a new city, a new house, and accepting two new jobs almost entirely at the same time. On top of that, those two jobs coincided with the beginning of November, which I decided in a fit of insanity toContinue reading “When Giving Up is Getting It Right”

Success is Just a Story (Until It Happens to You)

I’ll try to keep the anticipation brief: I have finally secured a job. Not just a “make ends meet in the meantime” kind of job, but an actual real live big girl job. Despite my calm and cool text-persona, I am, in fact, a giddy wreck. Moving to a new city with nothing to myContinue reading “Success is Just a Story (Until It Happens to You)”