I am a career nomad. I change jobs pretty regularly and am forever thinking about the next big idea, project, or position I can take on. I think in completed pictures. Big visions. Audacious goals. As I learn who I am both personally and professionally, I realize I am projected minded. Being confined to a… Read More The Beauty in the ‘In Between’
Recently, I wrote a post entitled What I Miss About Being Single in which I encouraged women who aren’t in relationships, but one day would like to be, to take advantage of 3 key things while they are still single. After releasing that post a few folks asked, “Well, Nicole, how did you know Shamar was the… Read More 5 Ways I Knew He Was My Person
Black Girl Musings is unapologetically designed to be a safe space for black women to celebrate their dopeness and share their frustrations. It is a place that serves as a mirror, a couch, a sounding board, a prayer closet and anything else it needs to be to help us do life. It is about empowering,… Read More White Women’s Comfort Is Suffocating Students
I’ve worked in education my entire adult life. I’ve taught middle school, traveled the country studying K-12 schools, and now I help develop teachers who teach-you guessed it–middle school. Young adult fiction is my jam. Getting kids to analyze text Is. What. I. Do. I am known at my school as The Book Fairy (a… Read More Nah, Sis. Don’t Let Them Define Your Success.
God gave you this bomb vision. You feel inspired by it. And excited for it. And ready to build this thing out. You read about the power of completion over perfection and have overcome a few bumps in the road remembering that 2018 will be just as hard.. And you’re doing it. I see you, girl. (Inserts… Read More Your Vision Is For Cultivating, Not Comparing
I was never someone who dreamed of being married as a little girl. I never held weddings for my barbies. I never thought of what my wedding would look like. And you had to be real special for me to practice a fake signature with my first name and your last. I always knew I’d… Read More What I Miss About Being Single
I’m currently reading a book entitled, “Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine” written by Gail Honeyman. The main character, Eleanor, is a 30 year old woman who lives as a recluse due to trauma she experienced as a child. Eleanor is also the narrator of this story and it took me a good 4 days to… Read More I Disguise My Dysfunction As Normalcy
On the second day of the new year, I got punched in the face. This is totally metaphorical. I didn’t really get punched. My husband and I sat in bed before going to sleep on January 1st and prayed such a mighty prayer over our families, friends, finances, and goals for this year (I was… Read More 2018: The Year of “Just As Hard”
January brings out two types of people. There are the women who proudly wave the “New Year New Me” flag. I mean proud-ly. They’ll hit you with the facebook status at 12:01am like: “If you’re reading this in 2018, congrats! You’re still in my life.” They’ll turn the “unfriend” button into social scissors and samurai… Read More 2018: Completion Over Perfection
