Day: May 7, 2015

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12833146/instagram-account-university-pennsylvania-runner-showed-only-part-story

Tragic, touching, and so SO important. Madison Holleran’s story reminds me of the importance of keeping it honest on social media. Yes, it’s tempting to post that life is fabulous (and it certainly can be at times) or to filter every photo (not that I’m ever going to stop that entirely), but let’s mix it up with a dose of reality as well.

That’s the true goal of this blog– sure, I like to entertain, but I mostly want to show that life is often hard, wholly imperfect, awkward, uncomfortable, and at times we’re going to feel terrible things and have dark, unsettling thoughts. And that’s ok. We’re all in this together. Humor and written expression is my outlet and defense against the demons, and if one person out there reads about my dips into depression, my irrational anxieties, my occasional struggles to get out of bed, my moments of discomfort in my own…

I  needed to get escape my family by moving away to college.  My only chance at success was to land a full ride scholarship.  Fear made me sweat for no reason.  My responses to their questions had to shout out my desperation to get away from home.

When they asked me what type of books I liked to read, I answered truthfully.  Science fiction had always been my favorite escape from reality.  Then they asked what I wanted to be when I grew up.  Astronaut was my first answer.  After those 2 questions they wanted to know how my career choice and my reading material went together.  I replied with the first thing that came to mind.  They were both fantasies.  When the interview was over, I was pretty sure I had lost any chance at receiving an award.  When all the applicants got together with their families over supper. they let us know…