I don’t usually feel a sense of anticipation when the year changes.
These odd assignations we give to time and days make very little sense to me. You know, like starting a diet on a Monday, or resolving to change on January first.
Tag Archives: self-acceptance
Saying Goodbye To The Girly Girl
She was just a ghost, anyway.
It’s not that I’m never girly. I am. I’m just not very good at being girly.
I am 51 years old and have been wearing makeup nearly every day for about 37 years now. I have applied my eye shadow the exact same way for all those years.
7 Things I Hate About Not Having A Degree
I was not encouraged to go to college when I was a kid.
When I say ‘not encouraged’ I mean I was told this: You need to just go out and get a job and support yourself.
I’m paraphrasing but that was the message. I took that message to heart and it became my truth. I was going to work, not school.
College seemed exotic and something that was behind a thick layer of plexi-glass.