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Regular and STILL Winning 🏆

Let me say this in the simplest way possible. I am not famous. I am not an heiress. I am not a celebrity’s daughter. I do not have a rich boyfriend. I do not have a famous baby father. I have never been on television. I am a regular woman who did well. And that bothers people. Yall out here looking for a secret trust fund I must have or some dramatic backstory to explain my lifestyle because if I’m just "regular," then you have to admit we started at the same place and that h

📖 My Diary

Candy Cruz

May 53 min read

I kinda miss being naïve: Why dating is harder when you're intentional.

There was a time when dating felt simple. Not because men were better. Not because relationships were healthier. But because I didn’t understand what I was looking at. Everything looked good to me back then. A man with a nice car? I was impressed. A man with jewelry? I thought he had money. A man that women wanted? I thought I had a prize. And I’m not embarrassed to say that, because a lot of women start there. But the difference between then and now is simple. Then, I saw wh

Candy Cruz

Apr 65 min read

I had a dream that made me check myself 🫣

A few nights ago, I had a dream that honestly embarrassed me. In the dream, a woman called me broke. And instead of just looking at her like she lost her mind… I started arguing. “I’m not broke. I got this. I got that.” Going on and on, trying to prove a point. And then it got worse. I started doing the absolute most. Acting out of character. Loud. Performative. The kind of energy I would never show in real life. When I woke up, I couldn’t shake it. Not because it happened… b

Candy Cruz

Mar 283 min read

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