Journal of Alignment

There are so many people living inside versions of themselves they no longer recognize. At some point, many of us learn that approval equals safety. We learn to stay recognizable. To look the same, sound the same, act...

My life fascinates me. I’m able to look back at my life without attaching any past version of myself to who I am now. I’ve lived through so many different versions of myself, and it’s incredible to see how each one br...

There are moments in life that divide who you were from who you are becoming. For me, those moments arrived as three awakenings. Three seasons that broke me open and rebuilt me in ways I did not understand at the time...

It still amazes me how rock bottom and awakening can show up at the exact same time. A few months ago, I was talking to my therapist, my psychiatrist, and even a lawyer, because everything in my life felt like it was ...

Some things are written long before we ever understand them. When I think about distance, I don’t think about miles anymore. I think about how small this world actually is when something or someone is meant to cross y...

There are certain moments in life that feel too precise to be random. Moments that make you stop and question how something so small can feel so meaningful. For me, that moment started with a number I had never notice...

For a long time I was frustrated with myself. I wanted to succeed so badly, but I had no motivation. I kept seeing videos online saying that if you are not chasing your goals, you do not want them badly enough. But th...

When I started my real estate career, I thought I needed to know everything before I took the first step. I kept preparing and overthinking, and it only led to procrastination. Nothing changed until I finally threw my...

I never realized how much growing and healing I needed until I forced myself to sit in everything I did not want to feel. When I finally stopped running from my own emotions and allowed myself to sit in the discomfort...

People always say “live with no regrets,” and for a long time I tried to force myself into that mindset. I thought if I convinced myself I had no regrets, maybe the past would not hurt as much. But the truth is, there...

Three months ago, I decided to go all in. Fix my habits. Fix my diet. Fix my discipline. I removed every quick dopamine habit from my life, anything that gave me an easy reward without effort. Removing those shortcuts...

I never want anyone to look at me, at this brand, or at my real estate career and picture a perfect life. I am not perfect. I still struggle, more than people would ever imagine. I have cried the majority of these las...

Today I turned 21 years old. I used to pray for this day to come, the day I could finally go out, drink legally, and celebrate all night. My younger self imagined bar after bar, drink after drink, convinced that was f...

I want to be a voice for people who struggle with mental illness, depression, and anxiety. Some experience it more deeply than others, but regardless, it’s real. It’s easy to front a smile and seem like the happiest p...

In school, I was never the creative one. I didn’t have my own voice. I followed the crowd, looked for direction from others, and hadn’t yet learned how to trust my own ideas. That began to change when I got my real es...

I never planned for numbers, memories, and moments to turn into a collection. But alignment has a way of revealing meaning in what once felt ordinary. Drop 1164 became more than a design. It became a reflection of con...

Gifted Angels was not created to impress. It was created to awaken. Every detail was built with purpose. Every piece was designed to feel alive. This is not clothing. It is the physical form of everything I have learn...

For years, I’ve been building something bigger than clothing. Something that lived in my mind long before it ever existed in reality. It took me four years to bring Gifted Angels to life. From 17 to 21, I carried this...

There are so many distractions in this world. Alcohol. Smoking. The constant urge to go out every weekend. Chasing attention. Posting for validation. Dressing a certain way just to feel noticed. Surrounding yourself w...

People have told me, “Don’t share your secrets.” Why wouldn’t I? I don’t have secrets. I have lessons and I’m not afraid to share them. I want everyone around me to succeed. If I figured out how to get from Point A to...

When I first decided to better myself, I went all in. I thought that’s what success looked like. I started setting unrealistic routines compared to what I was used to, like waking up at 4am when I was used to sleeping...

I’ve always been a big believer in manifestation. But the truth is, I thought I understood it until I really did. That’s when everything changed. That’s when I completely turned my life around. I’ve listened to so man...

When I was 18 and just starting in real estate, I thought every opportunity that came my way was a blessing. I was eager, grateful, and willing to learn from anyone who seemed to know more than me. But I learned, pain...

Some nights feel lonely. I’ve grown apart from people I thought would always be there. The conversations faded, the hangouts stopped, and I realized somewhere along the way that I didn’t really have anyone to call. In...

There was a time when everything felt uncertain, yet somehow she brought meaning to it all. She reminded me of peace, of stillness, of what it meant to be guided by something greater than myself.  And even when the ch...

Stop holding yourself hostage for the choices you made when you were doing your best with what you knew. You weren’t supposed to have all the answers yet, you were learning. Maybe certain things needed to happen the w...

There’s a kind of magic that happens when you stay open, to people, to ideas, to paths you never imagined walking. When you stop trying to control how blessings come, you make space for the unexpected to find you. The...

If everyone grew up with the same parents, in the same home, with the same lessons, same opportunities, would we all become the same person? Would we all make the same mistakes? At first, it might seem like we would. ...

How will you ever find yourself if you keep suppressing your emotions, distracting yourself from what hurts, and following the paths others have drawn for you? You cannot truly discover who you are while hiding from w...