Ria Vanessa Caliste's articles Life A Letter To My Younger Self Dear Self, Sometimes I wish I could go back to when I was younger, but with the wisdom of today. As a young person, I preoccupied myself with whether I had the best outfit for graduation. Whether I would be asked out by the boy I giggled and smiled with. It was a carefree time […] Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Life How to Quit Being so Damn Boring: Stop Fitting In I GET IT, FITTING IN IS IMPORTANT, it makes one feel as if they are a part of a social group. After all, as social creatures who generally want to feel isolated? We all want to be part of something — a family, a group, an organization. The very sense of identity is tied to who your family is, where you live, where you have worked and the organizations to which one is affiliated — I get it fitting in is important. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Life The One Thing In Life You Can Control Control, a word we hear often but may not stop to think much about it’s meaning personally. I grew up under difficult circumstances, so when I became an adult I felt if I could control circumstances, people, and general life I would get the results I want. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Life The Power of Forgiveness Think about what the word forgiveness means to you. I now understand the word has more to do with me more than anyone else. In my life, I recognized the person most in need of forgiveness was who looked back through the mirror — me. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Heal The Problem with Victim Mentality And How to Stop It The victim mentality offers no long term gains and I got up one day tired and fed up with being depressed and sad all the time. I decided I would fight for the life I want. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Creativity Lessons Learnt From An Overthinker Perfectionist I DESIRE perfection. It is a fact I am living with. I don’t like to do things mediocre and so when I do something, anything, I review, I revise, I think and I think and I think. My push for perfection had led to me being a complete and utter overthinker, which unfortunately resulted in inaction. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life A Letter To My Younger Self Dear Self, Sometimes I wish I could go back to when I was younger, but with the wisdom of today. As a young person, I preoccupied myself with whether I had the best outfit for graduation. Whether I would be asked out by the boy I giggled and smiled with. It was a carefree time […] Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life How to Quit Being so Damn Boring: Stop Fitting In I GET IT, FITTING IN IS IMPORTANT, it makes one feel as if they are a part of a social group. After all, as social creatures who generally want to feel isolated? We all want to be part of something — a family, a group, an organization. The very sense of identity is tied to who your family is, where you live, where you have worked and the organizations to which one is affiliated — I get it fitting in is important. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life The One Thing In Life You Can Control Control, a word we hear often but may not stop to think much about it’s meaning personally. I grew up under difficult circumstances, so when I became an adult I felt if I could control circumstances, people, and general life I would get the results I want. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life The Power of Forgiveness Think about what the word forgiveness means to you. I now understand the word has more to do with me more than anyone else. In my life, I recognized the person most in need of forgiveness was who looked back through the mirror — me. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal The Problem with Victim Mentality And How to Stop It The victim mentality offers no long term gains and I got up one day tired and fed up with being depressed and sad all the time. I decided I would fight for the life I want. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Creativity Lessons Learnt From An Overthinker Perfectionist I DESIRE perfection. It is a fact I am living with. I don’t like to do things mediocre and so when I do something, anything, I review, I revise, I think and I think and I think. My push for perfection had led to me being a complete and utter overthinker, which unfortunately resulted in inaction. Written by Ria Vanessa Caliste April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked