Humanity
Following A Near-Death Experience, I've Spun My Life Around For The Better
What will you remember 2021 by? For me years 2o21 was a year of learning. It was a rollercoaster ride, without seatbelts. The first half of the year was defined by highs, extensive travels and new experiences. By mid-year, I was on top or so I thought. My life build up to the highest point of escalation that it was impossible to slow down. But the brakes gave away mid-flight and I fell. I started fading away, both mentally and physically: if continued, I was sure I would not survive.
By Oberon Von Phillipsdorf4 years ago in Confessions
I'm sick of New Year's Resolutions and Here's Why: A List of All the New Year's Resolutions I was Unable to Achieve/Keep up with in the New Year
New Year's Resolutions are notorious for falling through. There are a number of reasons I think that is. Maybe it's because we come off the busy period of the holidays expecting everything to calm down, when it really doesn't. Maybe it's because the new year inspires you, but then reality hits two weeks into the new year and it doesn't fit the hype. Whatever the reason, we've all probably had our resolutions fall through, right?
By Jaimie4 years ago in Confessions
Sleeping Is My Superpower.
I am embarrassed to admit that I once believed sleep was an inconvenience. Being the daughter of a single mom, I felt there was no way she slept with all the things she had to do. I realized that I had grown up believing that sleep was a luxury I could not afford. I would work until I was nodding out, trying to accomplish going to school, working a full-time job, running the church's music ministry, singing in a choir outside of the church, and writing dramatic monologues I performed at events. I did a lot, and I justified it by saying, "No worries, I'll sleep when I'm dead."
By Janeen Thompson4 years ago in Confessions
Authenticity
Intro: ? I am struggling to decipher the beginning, because a writer must choose a starting point on a timeline looped like infinity. As Hannah Gatsby put it in her groundbreaking, commentary-comedy 'Nannet' when we are telling a story, we make a choice depending on how we want the audience to feel. Nannet having been autobiographical had truth to it, yet after the cascading notes of our laughter we are then informed that her punchline led to an actual punch, and suddenly we retrospect on our laughter. This perhaps is why, for all the stories that get written, many do not. We like to think that we are being authentic when we are being truthful, or genuine, yet the act of story telling requires omitting details because no one person can pay attention to all events, atmospheres and perspectives. These ommission are always synonymous to deception, so then what is this authenticity that we aspire for? This is my discomfort with the word.
By jocelyn Townsend 4 years ago in Confessions
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Love is the best thing that we do. I’ve heard this many many times in my life. I’ve found so much comfort in this phrase. It’s been my destiny to fulfill myself in every word and find the meaning of my existence in it. I’ve measured myself, and everyone I’ve shared pieces of my heart with, through this phrase.
By regina4 years ago in Confessions
Blue Light Special
Each day, I sit in front of my computer almost all day long. Sometimes it’s for work, other times it’s for fun. I play video games, watch Twitch streamers, watch YouTube, stream TV shows and movies, debate politics online, or do what I am doing now, write. I spend hours upon hours in front of my computer soaking up all of that delicious blue light.
By Chad Rhoads4 years ago in Confessions
My New Years Resolution to Sleep
Laugh at the world, laugh with you,snore and you sleep alone. Anthony Burgess inside Mr. Enderby 1966 My New Year's resolution is to get more sleep but as an insomniac, I think that is impossible. I have spent many sleepless nights, looking up at the ceiling trying to get sleep. The more I tried the more I struggled.
By Anna cruz4 years ago in Confessions
New Year's Calm Resolutions
Any and all resolutions I have made this year are for my mental and physical health. For a few years now, my mother and nephew have been in and out of the hospital. One for three different cancers that are all potentially hereditary, and the other for a random genetic combination. My mother has become overly concerned, to the point of a ‘helicopter mom’, when it comes to her children and grandchildren’s health. When I had my bio-metric exam, it showed that I was in danger of becoming pre-diabetic. In roughly 6 months, I managed to drop forty-five pounds, but I still very much have a ways to go.
By Caitlin Gonya4 years ago in Confessions
New Year, New Me
Every year, I start off strong. I eat well, I start going to the gym, and I work on my self care. Every. Single. Year. And it normally lasts a week or two, and then I fall back into old habits. It’s true what they say, “old habits die hard.” I’m no exception. I struggle with change, and once I get used to something, even if I know it’s not great for me, I keep doing it anyways. I’m a creature of habit, a trait I likely picked up from working with animals my entire life.
By Hannah York 4 years ago in Confessions
