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11 little-known facts about my blogging life
I thought I’d make this post a reintroduction. For the old readers and the new ones landing on this blog, whatever the reason may be, allow me to reintroduce myself with these little-known (or not known at all) facts about me! I am part of the first wave of bloggers from the early 2000’s! I first started posting my writings online on AOL Journals, soon transitioning to Myspace blog, and eventually stopping for a while. My journals consisted of just poems and “waking” thoughts. In 2009, after watching the movie Julie & Julia, I was inspired to pick up blogging again. I created my first blog, MySummerHair and it was…
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It is OK to be a Realist
It’s OK to anticipate different outcomes and impossibilities. It’s OK to prepare our hearts and minds for potential undesirable results. It’s OK to be a realist. I would hate being called a “negative” for my tendency to reality-check. I mean, why is it that people credit unrealistic positivity more than they do realistic negativity? Rainbows and unicorns are cool, man, but coming down from that cloud and checking in with Planet Earth from time to time is also good. Does a story of denial ever end well? “Stay positive” “Be happy” — I honestly see one of those posts every single day. And, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE optimism.…
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By the way, I wrote a book
It confuses me what society defines as success. With the explosion of social media, it’s been easy to study people’s behavior; what they do on a daily basis, what they like (literally), what inspires them, what they aim to be. And I can’t help but notice that society sees engagements, weddings, and births as a grandiose triumph. They really dig that shit. I’ve witnessed just about enough Facebook engagement celebrations in the course of just one week. The funniest thing is everyone seems to go gaga over engagements and weddings, as if they were the ultimate achievement. The ring, the wedding plans… People are interested in finding out about the…
