Tag: adulting
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2010 Journal – Chapter 2
In April of 2010 I had only ever flowing somewhere one time before, Norfolk, Virginia, about a year before with my aunt and uncle. When I got ready for my trip to Europe I had barely been to a big city (Denver) and Colorado…..was and still is VERY white. I remember, which I didn’t write,…
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2010 Journal – Chapter 1
I had a lot of free time 10 years ago. I was single. I worked full time in a fossil shop. I lived at home. While I “took care of myself” paying for gas, nights out, and much of my food, I didn’t know what all adulthood entailed. The fossil shop got minimal foot traffic…
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The Upside of Down
I’ve been down a lot over the last few years. Let’s make it the last decade or so. Things have been crazy, things have been hard, things have made me cry and scream and fight. Blood, sweat and tears means way more to me now than ever before. Because everything I have done has had…
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There will be tears
We’re really in love with this story in the United States. So many of our books and movies and cultural followings surround this idea. So I also bought into it. It has also been called the American Dream, and it’s so far entrenched in our culture that it’s hard to escape the narrative that we’re…