<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lou's Thinking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where emotions flourish and thoughts thrive]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:25:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trapped]]></title><description><![CDATA[I feel trapped! Have you ever felt trapped by the person you want to be versed the person you are? I want to be happy, but I always feel sad. I want to be skinny, but I’m always so hungry. Or this one…. I want to be a writer, but what if what I write isn’t profound enough. It feels like the next step you take has to be your best one or it’s not worth taking it at all. But I am writing this blog to remind myself that it doesn’t matter. My best foot forward is the way forward. And it’s the only...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/trapped</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69815dfbfbb82e5a653579fd</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:37:55 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year is the year of writing! While I said that last year, i’m serious!! I plan to post a blog post at the minimum weekly! And I WILL write this book! There are many times in my life that I don’t do things out of fear of failure! But the thing is, now I’m not afraid to fail! I’m ok as long as I try! So each day I will be intentional about doing what I said I would do! Are you with me?]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/happy-new-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695609c7fbc9403dda75173a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 06:23:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chastised]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chastising feels so hateful! I mean speak your truth, but each word I hear, each thing you say, sounds hateful! I feel hated, and I hate that feeling. It feels like a confirmation notice that my life is falling part. I feel like I have to thread lightly because the rug keeps getting pulled from under me. I question if I should even put the rug back considering it only gives them an opportunity to pull it again. I don’t know, hopefully things get better!]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/chastised</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6943068c33c5123904edc6eb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:06:50 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part of me feels like things will get better but that’s usually the first sign that things won’t. Talking about it is supposed to be easier, but it’s not working. Sometimes I lose my train of thought thinking about what could be or what should have been. Something is wrong because it has to be…. right. That’s the only thing that makes sense about the situation, in my mind. Because it doesn’t make sense… It just doesn’t!]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/part-of-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693df96127f06ae0642144a5</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:54:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In or Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hold a lot of people at arms length! The trusting thing has always been hard. Nobody sticks around long enough to know that I can be funny or witty…. The truth is I’m scared to let people in. Every time I do I get hurt. Not that I let people see the pain. It is internalized and masked by irritation. I get so mad about how people aren’t who they say they are. Or when people don’t keep their word. Or when they act like they cared and they don’t. I spent 19 minutes this morning trying to cry...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/in-or-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69384f7093c302270321b10f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:37:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sick]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hate it here! And by it I mean you and by here I mean this whole stupid situation! I am sitting by my phone  waiting for a text and or call, which is something I said I’d never do again! Everyone was soooo excited for me! What did I say, “calm down, it’s not that serious, yall are stressing me out!” The list goes on and on! This is stupid, it will always be stupid and if it ever gets to a point where it’s no longer stupid, be sure to let me know!]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/_sick</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693747f593c302270320fa26</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:52:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Addicted]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to be addicted to being the best version of myself! Like I’m realizing it has to be in you. That filling of just wanting to be better. It has to be a part of who you are wired in your DNA. Sometimes our worry is not wired in in mine. Do I want to be the best version of myself? Do I wanna be the best at my job? Do I want to be the best tennis player I can be? Do I want to be CPA certified? The answer is I do! So hold me accountable because today marks the day. I’m gonna be better....]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/addicted</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690916708f2d04abceaf5ee3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:56:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are different]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a lot of times in my life where I wish people were more like me. Not in the big ways, like being funny or out going but in the complicated ways, like coping or communicating. I set myself aside wanting to give the world a big hug so that they feel better. But do I know how to make myself feel better? I actually commend the ones who can take a beat or take a step back and realize something‘s wrong. That’s what makes us different right the way we act how we feel how we handle how we...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/people-are-different</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6902465eb041992f966a061b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:57:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are little parts of myself that I hate…. I know it’s a strong word, but a lot of the time I get stuck in the thought of how I can be better. Then that little hateful thought crosses my mind telling me I can’t. I can’t dress better, I can’t feel happy, I can’t do my hair. There are so many things I want to fix about myself, and I get so caught up in my thoughts, that I fix nothing!]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/_hate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68efe40c22f12a68ecce6ea4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:15:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witty]]></title><description><![CDATA[I pride myself in being a witty person. But does it count as witty if nobody ever experiences it? I am not intentionally trying to keep...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/witty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d5867bcb1771ab2121c8a5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:18:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Often]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of times in life where I find myself defending my character. I have been accused of being a pushover, pushy, mean,...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/too-often</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a75116f3dcc574377de25b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:10:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I have so much to say that I say nothing at all! You want to know something. I have tried to post multiple times and it hasn’t...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/i-am-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689d4a4a7fbeba54803e0978</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 02:32:01 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misunderstood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ya’ll are going to get tired of me! All I do is complain! Anyways I have been noticing lately that I have a lot of friends! I love that...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/misunderstood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680939afc8c12a702f5e4ebb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:09:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frustrated]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am so frustrated with myself! I just feel like I am always saying what I will do! Then a day passes and another and another. The...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/frustrated</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67e2e7b756a256919f1d06e8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:30:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok…. I went to therapy today. And no it’s not my first time! I had took a little break so to life lifing! But anyway we picked up right...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/therapy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c0c68910139ef6746b3a8a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear me out]]></title><description><![CDATA[My consistency is absolutely terrible! Someone please help me be consistent because, for some reason I post every 5 days! But I want more...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/hear-me-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678328c16b1338c63f74def5</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:30:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Separation Anxiety]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do I have separation anxiety?! Because waiting for you to text me back is like waiting for 8 feet of snow in Georgia, it’s not...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/separation-anxiety</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677e9c09a6da4e4f99194078</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:19:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[People take life way too seriously!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My goal in general is to live life to the absolute fullest. I mean that’s what we are here for right! Today I ran a 10K, which is 6.2...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/people-take-life-way-too-seriously</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677987170cb10cd88b71ac11</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:33:47 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am writing a Book]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year I set two goals as “Writer Lou”. I am going to write in my journal and on my blog everyday and I am going to write a book. I...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/i-am-writing-a-book</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677826310cb10cd88b70d2bf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:05:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’m Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can not even say I’m back! Because I am never here! I am so disappointed in myself! I started this blog so long ago! I never post!...]]></description><link>https://stephenslouvenia.wixsite.com/s-thinking/post/i-m-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6734c1c3d875c89747228826</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:13:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Louvenia Stephens</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>