I think it is important to know the 'purpose' of something when you start it. The purpose of my original blog was to provide a place for me to 'process' my life, get feedback from friends, and honestly, it was a place to keep myself thinking and writing. That blog has served it's original purpose, but my life has changed since the beginning of that blog and I often struggle with having posts from the old me intermixed with posts from the new me. I will likely move some of my favorite posts from that blog to this one, but ultimately it is time to start anew in the blog world.
The purpose of this blog is much like the old. It is a place for me to 'process' my life, but it is also a place for me to combine my educational and personal interests. A place for me to take things that I see/read and apply my own twist to them. A 'safe' place, free from the trolling that I seem to experience on other social media platforms. I hope that my readers enjoy my posts, but ultimately, this blog is about me and for me. If you do not like what you see here... move along.
For this first post, I'm adding what I like to think of as my theme song. Follow Your Arrow, by Kacey Musgraves. I often feel like I cannot win. I will never be smart enough, thin enough, good enough, or pretty enough for some of those around me. I often wonder if my desire to get a PhD is really about furthering my education or if it's my way of proving to those around me that I am not a fuck up. Maybe it is a little of both. With that said, I am definitely following my own arrow, wherever it points.
