Starting Somewhere

This is post number one in what (I hope) will be a successful adventure in blogging. I've dipped my toes into these waters a few times in the past but never with much success or commitment, but I feel like that my general fascination with various sites like Tastespotting or Pinterest should naturally lead me to this point. I think the internet is a fun, interesting, and refreshing way to communicate- when it's used as such. And I like writing about and sharing fun, interesting things.

So a little about me. I'm Lin.

I'm 22 simultaneously going on 6 and 150. I live in North Carolina but hail from Richmond, Virginia-and come July will be heading to maybe plant a few roots in the great ol'American Midwest. I like laughing, I get flustered, I love baking things, and I love friends but am awful at knowing how to make them. I over analyze every situation I'm in and am never, ever, ever, ever happy or satisfied with myself. I dance (not professionally per say but I try really hard) and perform doing Color Guard through groups affiliated with DCI and WGI. I also teach Color Guard- an experience that is rewarding and scary and enlightening all at once, because I think I've learned more about myself from the high schoolers I work with than anywhere else lately. I have terrible habits- a coffee obsession, nail biting, getting short tempered, being stubborn and so on. I try to break the bigger ones but others I'm just embracing (you couldn't pay me to give up coffee). I love cooking and baking for people, and I also like braiding my hair. And sometimes other people's hair. I am in love with Ira Glass, John Steinbeck, and Listener. I also try to live on the belief that anything you can say, you can do. Which is where this little project begins.

I want to live my life honestly, lovingly, and genuinely. And that's easy to say- but can I do it? Can I really overcome the vapid, petty, and insecure parts of myself to make way for a kinder, more caring and compassionate person? I want to take the selfish, girlish parts of me and mold them into a well rounded lady who can have fun at no ones expense.

I don't really intend for this to be a deep, emotional journey into the search for a better me. What I mean is for this to be a discussion, and a place for all my silliness and thoughtfulness to maybe, finally, have a middle ground. I'm also hoping this will help me, for maybe the first time ever, have some solid belief in my voice. Because it's easy to say what you think when it isn't in writing and viewable by the public. So this blog'll be what I like, what I think, what I do. Whatever. Maybe I'll stop posting in a week! I guess we'll see.

So this is my adventure in being honest. Or just in being myself.

xoxo