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Cheyenne Nielsen
Sep 3, 2018
Two Birds, Two Stones.
For fear of muddying my own colors, I cannot seem to pass this as something to let roll off my shoulders. In the arrangements of who I am...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Aug 1, 2018
The Summer and Warped Tour.
On days like today when only enough heat radiated for a few clouds of rain to move in, I feel as though I'm expected to long for what the...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Jun 13, 2018
Falling Down The Middle.
As an attempt to promote personal growth in the work place, my district manager is requiring us to fill out forms called Individual...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
May 13, 2018
You're Chasing Something You Can't See.
Existing as someone whose writing consists of the internal process of the world around her and eventually the phonetic regurgitation of...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
May 7, 2018
"Your Life Is A Story Told About You, Not One That You Tell."
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." During the summers of my childhood, I'd often...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Apr 17, 2018
Things Happen.
The interesting part of the story is the failure to plan for misfortune. So often I find living within the seclusion of positivity's...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Mar 22, 2018
I Want You To Understand Exactly What You're Getting.
To have my head high, to be able to smile, and physically go do things alone, to wear things I never would before, and know this is just the
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Mar 21, 2018
The Process Room
Jacob Whitesides has gone from being micromanaged to having all of the power in his own hands again, and while fans are anxiously awaiting a
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Mar 9, 2018
We Were Lost.
And in the moment with the air blowing and the sun descending just below your line of vision, that good song becomes a great one. The prior
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Feb 27, 2018
Searching For Glory
Music creates so much of an experience in my life and it would be wrong for me to ignore it as a factor that has this much power over me. Bo
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Feb 7, 2018
Cooling Trail Blazing Burn Marks
To exist strictly within the walls of introversion is to go no further than where your hands can reach. As a writer and an overall not...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Feb 6, 2018
Essay 1/29/18
I've had an issue with writing since my last blog post, so I thought "if I was writing a book of essays, 20 years down the line, and...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Jan 21, 2018
Claiming the Blame
In terms of caring for others, I don't think people pleasing is necessarily a bad thing. The issue lies past the line of trying to keep...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Jan 15, 2018
Lost: My Creativity
Sitting next to a popping fire in a Cracker Barrel may not be the most ideal place to speak of complacency, but if that's not the right...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Jan 7, 2018
Now Our Only Heroes Are the Voices in Our Heads.
I realized on January 5th that I'd rather be stuck in a bus station than an airport. The reasoning was simply feeling like I was able to...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Nov 15, 2017
Fear of Missing Out
The capacity at which my "Fear Of Missing Out" exists is truly comical, considering I'm the one who triggers the act of me missing out on...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Oct 31, 2017
Happiness As a Double - Edged Sword
There's always a catch. Pure, unadulterated, and raw happiness is hard for me to come by. Not specifically certain times of the year,...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Oct 11, 2017
Checking In | World Mental Health Day 2017
A friend came to me the other day and said that upon visiting a doctor's office, the nurse had made a comment about my friend being on...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Sep 30, 2017
Now or Never
Vulnerability seems to be one of the most difficult things for me to cope with. Being vulnerable is great for whatever it is I decide...
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Cheyenne Nielsen
Aug 28, 2017
The Power of My Imagination.
Years ago, I wrote a short story for the sole purpose of making a "trailer" out of it. Truth be told, I had the idea of the trailer...
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