I spent the entirety of last week bragging about Tuesday night. I was going to spend it with a good friend in Brooklyn, listening to Gloria Steinem speak. I was not shy about divulging my awesome plans to others-- often raising my arms to the sky and saying, “What, what!” But my “whats” fell on …
Author: amandakusek
And Now the Words are Bubbling Up…
It's silly how I've let an education from 15 years ago change the way I write. Silly and embarrassing. But this is how we grow. This is how we change how we write. And this is how we change how we live.
Gerascophobia – The Fear of Getting Older
It's hard to tell if I am an official gerascophobe or just damn close, but whatever the case, I'm afraid of getting older and more so than the average person. I have been this way since I turned 16. Up until that point I had always wanted to be older. I wanted freedom. I wanted to …
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Being self aware has its benefits. Being self aware is also so soul sucking at times that I think my head is going to spin around a la The Exorcist. I can't live a single day without considering my choices, wondering if I am doing this thing called living correctly, if I am doing enough, …
So Now I’m Learning How To Be Content…
I finally learned something about being content. The key to being content is, get this, allowing yourself to be content. I know, mind blowing, right? Seriously, for some people this comes easily, but for, I want to say MOST of us, it does not. Especially me. It's hard for me to be content. I want …
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