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 a Woman: I Did It All Wrong
I've been spending a lot of my time thinking about women. More specifically, what it means to be a woman and how I interact with other women. I think about the single moms that I know, the athletes that I know, the single women, the coupled women, the women I work with, the women I …
How Do I Build a Meaningful Life?
My first post after a long hiatus and I find myself deeply changed but not yet able to cope with those changes, or what they mean, or how they will alter the course of my life. What I am trying to learn, what I think we all wish to ultimately achieve in one way or …
The One Thing I’m Too Afraid to Try…
I found an entry in my 5 Year Journal (I keep one because I am painfully introspective) from this time last year and in it I ask myself not only what I wanted to be when I grew up but if I could even ask that anymore. Can I, at 27, ask people what they …