Every so often, I return to the park I used to play at when I was a kid. I tend to just sit in the grass and write for awhile; it’s nothing fancy, but I find that those moments are great opportunities to get my mind settled. That place reminds me of who I was…
When I was in third grade, my teacher made an exciting announcement: we were able to submit our own creative writing to my school’s literary magazine. If our writing got picked, we would be published in the magazine available to the whole school. As you might be able to imagine, the thought of that left…
My creativity intimidates me. It sounds backwards and odd when I actually write it out, but it’s true. Something that used to be my escape is now something I fear. But I don’t think it’s necessarily the creativity or the writing (in my case) themselves that incite this fear; it’s the potential for failure. In…
If you’re not completely familiar with me and who I am, then you may not know that I was once a competitive gymnast. Gymnastics was my life, and I truly did love the sport. However, it brought out a side in me that I’ve been trying to combat ever since: that of a perfectionist. On…
I’ve been at this blogging thing for awhile. I thought I had it down pretty well by now. Well, turns out I’ve been doing it wrong… at least by my new standards. To date, I’ve put blogging in a box and placed so many restrictions on myself when it came to this outlet. I put…
We all have our idea of what tradition is. Maybe it’s something you celebrate, or something you resist, or something you simply acknowledge. I think whatever your perspective of tradition is like, though, we can all agree that there are aspects of it that we should strive for even now. Let’s break it down in…
