by rmontalvan | May 10, 2020 | Blog
If you told me six months ago that I would lose my big-girl writing job to a global pandemic, I would have laughed in your face. Life has thrown some clusterfucks my way for sure, but that would be the cruelest joke the universe could slap me with. But, alas, here I...
by rmontalvan | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog
After a few months of utter nothingness and not moving forward, it was easy to pinpoint what I could have done differently. We all have our bad habits keeping us from our full potential. Mine above all is napping. If I could, I would seriously nap all day every day...
by rmontalvan | Nov 5, 2019 | Blog
Firstly, I have not forgotten about my 26 goals. As I sat on the couch over the past few weekends, elbows deep into a bag of cheese puffs and rewatching “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”, I thought about writing. Then I thought about how great it would be to watch...
by rmontalvan | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog
When looking at my 26 goals before I turn 27, sometimes I begin to feel extremely overwhelmed. I start to wonder, what the heck have I gotten myself into? But every day, I wake up and tell myself, “I have control”. I’ll repeat this over and over until I believe it. ...
by rmontalvan | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog
My 26th birthday was a night of dancing, free drinks, laughing out loud, and coming to the near-fatal realization that I am 26 years old. At this age, I’m still just a writer working part-time as a waitress (or maybe it’s the other way around) and barely making enough...