Today at work, I was sitting with a new friend. With encouragement from a mutual friend she began to tell me all about her dating drama and mishaps. At the end of her stories I think she felt a little embarrassed but jokingly made a comment like, "well, now you know my life story..." I felt bad that I hadn't offered some of my embarrassing life but at the same time I didn't want to make her feel like it was a 'my horse is bigger than your horse' conversation. It's kind of a bad habit of mine and I try to be aware of myself and how I converse with others so as to NOT annoy people and NOT drive people away. Anyways, I joked back with "Oh I'll write you a book now about my embarrassing stories and we'll be even." THAT is where I finally had to admit that I would be starting a blog.. What?! Who does that? Fashionistas, cool moms, fitness freaks, and gamer nerds. Not ex-hairdressers... I make fun of people who write blogs.. and here I am.. writing.. a blog.... I'm going to do my best here to:
1) Not care what anyone thinks. I mean, how many people are really going to read this anyways... and for the few people who do mistakenly stumble across this and don't like it or get offended then go away! Why spend you time getting worked up over some opinion/thought/feeling someone else is expressing.
2) Be as honest as I possibly can be. Some exaggerations are necessary for storytelling though and I will do that. This means that, at times, my posts might be funny.. or very dark.... and quite possibly boring. I don't want to project a completely perfect-happy-life or a depressing-twisted-existence. Neither scenarios are real and I want to be real.
3) Not use other people's names and respect their privacy.
1) Not care what anyone thinks. I mean, how many people are really going to read this anyways... and for the few people who do mistakenly stumble across this and don't like it or get offended then go away! Why spend you time getting worked up over some opinion/thought/feeling someone else is expressing.
2) Be as honest as I possibly can be. Some exaggerations are necessary for storytelling though and I will do that. This means that, at times, my posts might be funny.. or very dark.... and quite possibly boring. I don't want to project a completely perfect-happy-life or a depressing-twisted-existence. Neither scenarios are real and I want to be real.
3) Not use other people's names and respect their privacy.
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