Monumental moments #1

Recently a friend of mine and myself have decided to start a (two person) writing group, so we can further our knowledge of writing and slowly become more comfortable with sharing our writing. (if you're interesting in joining our writing efforts, shoot me an email at oliviavanark@gmail.com.)

I mean personally, it's not that big of a problem for me, considering I shamelessly shove this blog down the throats of everyone I meet. I mean the mouth is basically free advertisement... AMIRITE?

Anyways, on to my first monumental moment of my life (AKA our first writing for the group):

The Impact of Writing in My Life:

You know the feeling of being around family, the one that makes you feel safe and like you belong? That is the feeling I get from writing.

It almost gives me a natural high from simply knowing that I am capable of  sharing my thoughts and emotions through a set of only 26 letters, that only get moved around to mean different things.

I am constantly thankful for the fact I am able to lay out my thoughts and ideas, but I suppose that can be attributed to the fact it am very, Very, VERY extroverted. So I suppose it is helpful I can successfully communicate what is going on in my chaotic mess of a mind.

The difference between writing and not writing for me is the difference between whether or not I will be able to communicate properly with people. Writing allows for all thoughts to be recorded and then rearranged into a logic order (unlike how they come to me in my head...).

Writing has slowly built up my confidence in what I am capable of producing with my own mind. I have seen the result of this in many different ways, such as: My work in color guard has become more expressive, I have become okay with people looking at me as I put myself on display and I have become okay with criticism. I honestly credit so much of that to my writing and how I have become okay with exposing what I have created.

 It seriously puts you on the spot of proving you either know what you're doing or not. I find that simply exhilarating, (and of course nerve racking, or terrifying if I don't know what I'm doing.)


That's all for now... Hope you're have a fabulous day,

Olivia
xoxo

Pet Peeves

I know I may of failed my deadline for my next post by just a little itty bitty bit, but better late than never I suppose. I thought I would write something a little more lighthearted for once, because my mood 1000% of the time will dictate on the mood of my writing, and ya know what? I'm feeling pretty happy. With that let's get to it: my pet peeves.

Lets kick of this list with something that annoys most:

inconsiderate people. I can say with full certainly that I'm not always the kindest and most thoughtful person; but I will never be found talking to someone full volume in a quite room, listening to my music so loud that its offensive to other people, or being rude to a waiter/waitress.

Short jokes.

When people insist on being correct, regardless of what the topic is. A good example of this is when people try to argue against someones opinion. Let me just set the record straight, I could careless if you think other wise but DO NOT tell someone their opinion is wrong if it simply doesn't match up with yours. You can always disagree but to shut down an opinion, its just silly and useless.

On a happier note let's touch on some things I enjoy about people:

When people hold the door open. Good job.
When people greet me with my name. Good job.
When people make eye contact or smile with me. Good job.
When people are empathetic of this that or anything else. Good job.
When people respect my and what I enjoy to do with my time. Good job.

I could literally keep that list going for days if I wanted to, but for the sake of the length of this post, I will limit it to what I have.

Comment what some of your pet peeves are in the comments! Don't forget to subscribe!

As always, have a beautiful day!
Olivia