Kayla Sheely

Why I Casually Dated Before Getting into A(nother) Serious Relationship

I grew up believing that the only purpose of dating is marriage. After all, true love waits, so what’s the point of dating until you’ve found “the one”? I didn’t date in high school. First, I wasn’t allowed. Second, I wasn’t interested. I mean, if the purpose to date is to get married, I have no…

Three Words for 2017

Goals are great. I love goals. I’ve got a huge bucket list of goals for my life. I’ve got goals for the next three months and for the next three years. But a few years ago, I strayed away from New Year’s resolutions. I would always make these resolutions that were big and grand and…

End of the Year Review: 2016

At the beginning of the year, I chose three words to grow in and help guide me throughout 2016: balance, fullness, and detachment. It’s been a long year and a lot has happened. For a few of my highlight, I… Traveled… a LOT (see here, here, and here for a few of my blogs on my…

Portland, Oregon [Photo Blog]

Despite all the traveling that I’ve done, I had never been to the west coast (shame on me, I know). So naturally when my travel partner had a wedding out near Portland, Oregon and asked me if I wanted to go, I was onboard! Apparently we brought our east coast weather with us (yay for…

November Reflection (2016)

“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” ― Margaret J. Wheatley Each month, I set aside a chunk of time to reflect on the previous month: memorable moments, lessons I learned, how I spent my time, how I’m different, who/what I’m grateful for, improvements…

Green Ribbon Trail

Words don’t really mean much until you act on them. If you’re like me, you’ve probably said hundreds of things you want to do, but only actually do a handful of them at most (I need more hands than I have to count the New Year’s resolutions I’ve made and not kept…). A few years…

Unity Doesn’t Equal Uniformity

Unity doesn’t mean we have to agree. In fact, I believe we can very strongly disagree, but still be unified. Granted there are some essential issues that make it hard to unify on (sexual abuse and racism are two for me). But if you have a common goal that is bigger than your issues, unification…

October Reflection (2016)

Sorry Not Sorry

Words hold a lot of power. They can be freeing. They can be restricting. They can give life. They can tear down. One little phrase has been on my mind that can be well intentioned, but doesn’t end up always doing a whole lot of good. I’m sorry. Don’t get me wrong. There is a time…

Kayla Sheely

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Why We Still Need Feminism (14+ Reasons, Actually)