6-6:10pm. How are you? What have you been writing?
6:10-6:20pm: How’d the papers go? What are some of the strengths? Points for improvement, later?
6:20-6:45pm: Starting to write our stories. What do you have so far?
6:45-7pm: The next author…. Samantha Irby. What did you find? How do think she’ll be similar, different, from our other authors?
7-7:15pm: What do you stay busy, stay writing and reading, stay making progress on YOUR projects?
7:15-7:20pm: Start reading Samantha Irby. Forget about convention, forget about formality… forget about everything and just enjoy the read… Did any of you get that sense from her, from your research and/or if you started reading? Oh yeah, GET HER BOOK!!! Download on Amazon if you have to…. Just READ IT.
7:20-7:25: Back to your stories… Anyone have something, something to share?
7:25-7:30pm
HW: Draft of your story (4 FULL pages). Start reading Irby’s book.
#professormikey 
I have been doing a lot better this week. less struggles with my asthma and got good news regarding unemployment. My stress levels from both are going down. Starting to get cabin fever a bit. Beach sounds awesome with the weather but oh well. I have been more productive this past week and happy the way things are coming. I got a decent amount of home projects done, with work and school it would have taken me months to ;complete. I have mainly been writing doing our journals and my life story paper which is now almost a full seven pages. Wine has helped me too.
It won’t let me change my name back- sorry-. it’s Stephanie Neeley
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Welcome! Congrats on the good news. Anything helps, these days…
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never mind it changed back on it’s own?!
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We know it’s you!!! Cheers!!!
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Hi English 1B fam! I am doing pretty good this week. I worked from home all week last week, and honestly, felt a bit cooped up. I’ve been having some crazy dreams, I won’t bore you with the details, but I fervently recall one with symbolism like 8 inch stilettos, a red umbrella, a bear and a church. Pretty wild! I spent most of Friday and Saturday night calling my indoor cat who escaped into the wild unknown of the outside and finally got him to come to me. I was pretty devastated though… Little b*strd. Lol. Anyways. Now I’m listening to the screaming of the weed eating sheep outside my window on the other side of the fence. Happy Monday!
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Happy Monday to you!!! Dreams are their own instructors and vocal lights…
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Hey everyone. Still the same, just staying home and doing schoolwork. This week is a big week so I haven’t gotten to do much other than that. I am in a much better mood than I was last week and am a little more hopeful for the future. For writing, I have started on my story and gotten about half a page in. Not much, but I am hoping to add much more this weekend.
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Hello all, I am doing well. I just finished moving (temporarily) into a new home and have been recently writing about how my roommates and I have been splitting things up and the constant “Is this yours?” every hour or so for the past few days.
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Good piece of dialogue to work with. And great story….
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Jose F, do you guys split your things up by shelfs? Stepahanie
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We did for a while and then there wasn’t enough space so things got mixed. Lids for our pots and pans were a nightmare. The garage was also a disaster!
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Hi! I am doing well. I’m really starting to get a daily routine in, feeling productive each day which is good for me because I easily get distracted and lazy and Netflix is always calling my name… but I’m getting to hold myself more accountable which has been helpful and i feel accomplished by the end of the day. To say the least I started this week off on the right foot!
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The “right foot” is something only you can determine!!
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Hi everyone,
I’m doing pretty good this week. I have been cooking a lot and got back into running on my treadmill to get some exercise. In terms of writing, my opinion piece on Sedaris has been the largest focus this week. I have also spent a lot of time thinking about my story and writing down ideas as they come to me throughout the day. This currently resembles a large stack of sticky notes but my ideas are forming and that makes me happy.
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Healthy to find happiness in your own ideas!!!
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Hi everyone, things have been a little easier. I took a few days off of work to re-energize and relax my mental state. Being stuck at home has definitely made it difficult to write, having to try to find new ways to cure my writers block. Walks around the neighborhood help, but the heat has made it difficult to go everyday. I’ve doing a lot of writing in my other english course which has helped me come up with new ideas for my writing style in this class.
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Hey everybody, I’ve been doing well. I’ve been doing a lot of the same stuff with exercise and school work. Most of my writing lately has been on this paper. My brain has been scattered with other outside events going on, so I’m hoping to get back on track this week with writing creatively and writing my personal story.
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A scattered brain is common these day. Something worthy of a page!!
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Hey everyone!
This past week was going very good for me up until Thursday. I had lecture for my math class and by the end a lot of my energy had been drained. After that I had to do a 15 problem quiz for physics that absolutely killed my whole energy until like Sunday morning. I felt very exhausted those days. That Sunday morning I said to myself screw it and completely turned my whole attitude around for the better. I’ve also been meaning to start running again and am waiting on my new shoes to arrive to get back into the groove of it.
My writing has just been little inward jots of how my day is going and anything I’m feeling be it good or bad.
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Physics quiz… sounds fun. HAHAHA…
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Doesn’t help when I put it off to the day its due also. But it’s something that I’ve been trying to get better at.
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All good, we’re all learning!!
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hey colleagues. I’m doing really well. I’ve accepted that this whole situation isn’t going anywhere soon. My writing has fallen off this past week as I’ve been drawn more toward drawing. I write about things happening around me that trigger thoughts or ideas. the repetitive nature of right now makes new experience scarce or more difficult to experience. I’m going to have to work on a more creative way to find inspiration or put more effort into having a variety of experiences each day.
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Writing IS experience… so enjoy. And find not just humor but education and telling in all moments!!
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What up English 1B classmates! The hot weather has been wonderful yet draining. Slowly, I’ve found that my days are becoming shorter and shorter, or maybe I’m just busier as the weeks go by. My writing has taken on a pragmatic yet forward sense, where I try to brainstorm realistic goals such as reading a new book every week.
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Love the writing approach! Cheers!
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Hello everyone! I’ve been feeling great! I guess I owe that to my busy schedule over the past weeks, going from task to task and they never seem to end. Most of my writing has consisted of planning ahead to ensure I keep up with my duties, and it seems a bit dull, but it helps a lot.
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Stay moving stay busy stay STARVED….
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I enjoyed writing our conversational argument paper. I felt confident in what I out out especially not using outside sources. I think for me the biggest challenge was the wording to make it consistent for an argument which might also be an improvement area for me. – Stephanie Neleey
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Can’t wait to read!!
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Not being able to use outside sources or quotes made the assignment really interesting to approach, definitely required alot more thinking than a normal paper for me
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All one needs is their own thoughts/opinion.. that was the intention of the essay.
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For my writing, I took suggestions to heart and tried to insert my own voice into it. I feel better about what I turned in than I originally did. I really tried to make the reader care about the “so?”
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Nice!!
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Hey everybody!! I have been doing okay. I have been feeling very introverted lately. It’s not good nor bad, just my current mental state. I have spent a lot of time with my plants and painting. My local nursery opened up for a limited amount of hours every week so I rearranged my indoor plants, repotted some, and bought a few new ones. My botanist friend has been virtually helping me out. I think it’s been feeding my soul, which has been needed during the last week or two. I am content with my essay on Sedaris and glad to have submitted it today. I remember us talking about that being a success worth celebrating during one of our first meetings, if not the first and that’s a win I am going to celebrate today having been mentally under the weather the last couple days. I am glad to be “here” with you all tonight! I hope that everyone is hanging in there 🙂
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Your perspective precipitates the “wins”. Good to see your words, Ava..
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Gardens are possibly the best form of therapy Ava
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Couldn’t agree more!! I have five pretty cool plants being shipped to me from a botanist in San Diego as we speak and I am stoked!!
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Hi everyone! I’ve been doing good although it’s just become the same old thing every week. For writing I’ve been focused on my story and I’m about three pages into it and still have quite a bit left that I want to add. So far, it’s just a really really rough draft that needs major editing, but I’m just focused on having the story itself on the page and worrying about structure later.
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lately its been the same as usual. Havent really been doing a whole lot, just like everyone else besides finding ways to pass the time indoors. Ive spent a bit of time writing and thinking about Lawson, and in general about what kind of stories from my life i want to even tell.
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As for my paper on Lawson, i feel as if it portrays what i felt about lawson as an author quite well, which feels pretty good. The paper was interesting for me as we were told not to take anything from the book specifically, which made it a fun albeit hard and interesting challenge to write and properly form my ideas on her specifically.
I’m still not too sure about what story from my life im going to write about. Writing about myself has always been a challenge, since i spent a large part of my life not wanting to think about the past. However i have a couple ideas, specifically stories from my childhood, which are always pretty entertaining to look back upon.
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Thanks for this post, and the thoughts. Lawson has a way of connecting to what people feel, and how they feel about her. Glad you found your paper interesting to write.
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Hello my fellow English 1B classmates,
I have gotten quite creative this past week. Saturday was supposed to be the official day of prom, but obviously it got cancelled, and I am upset about it, but I feel ten times as much sympathy towards all of the seniors of my school. So the only thing that I felt was right to do was to ask my senior friend to fake prom with me with a poster and flowers and country summer tickets to make her feel like her senior year wasn’t completely ruined (all while mantaining a 6 foot separation). It went extremely well, nobody got corona, and I have been in an amazing, productive, and social mood in the past two days. Good things can come out of quarantine!
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That’s super sweet, Wiatte! Glad to hear you are well!!
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Thank you Ava!! You’re so sweet!
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Good stuff man! Hard to remember that it is possible to enjoy yourself when they’re so many negatives in the world as of late, appreciate you sharing
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Agreed!
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Hey guys. Trudging along. I won my election, which was so strange, because I never imagined one of the most monumental parts of my high school time to be at home, through a computer. I’ve been writing every morning, and before I go to bed, just about how the day felt to keep them apart and to declutter my mind. I would’ve been able to get my license today (yes I know I’m 10). Trying to appreciate the little things more. Respond to this with your favorite show on streaming!!
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Congrats on the election, Pashsa!! That’s so exciting!
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I bet engaging with student council online has been quite the experience ahah, as for shows, specifically on netflix that new animation Midnight Gospel has been an incredibly interesting and fun watch if your into some bright colourful, acidlike animation, and some really interesting themes explored in each episode.
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Hmmm favorite show eh? Well I love sense 8 on Netflix… like love doesn’t do it justice. Aside from that I like some silly sitcoms like young and hungry and new girl. This quarantine I’ve been getting really into cooking shows though. Master chef is strangely addicting.
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Congrats on the election Pasha! I would’ve voted for you haha. I finished, and rewatched all my favorites, The Office, Breaking Bad, etc. I just started Arrested Development, and it’s pretty stupid, but it’s funny!
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I’ve been better. My relationship has been put to the test with the quarantine and everything. It seems like everything is a problem. Everything is a disagreement. I think when you are confined to a small room with someone it makes sense that you start nitpicking, but it doesn’t make it any better. I think I need to learn to focus on the good things in my relationship. It’s a struggle and an on going process of trying to learn who your partner is and accept who they are. Alright I’ve been hammering on for a while now. I guess ultimately, I’m trying my best to be my best but it isn’t the easiest task.
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All we can ask of ourselves is to do our best. So trying your best to be your best is all you can expect of yourself! I get that it’s not easy though for sure. The shelter in place has put my relationships with my parents who I live with in a rough spot. My dad especially has a knack for getting on my last nerve.
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Thanks Theresa. Yes it definitely puts a strain on relationships. How are you coping with stuff with your parents?
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Hey Rizzie – I take a break. Go for a walk, go for a (small) drive, just go outside. Get a moment away. My dad’s retired so he’s here CONSTANTLY. Honestly, I haven’t been that great. We’ve exchanged some words, but definitely taking a break has been helpful.
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Great advice for your kind colleague here, Theresa. Cheers.
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Hey Rizzie!! That’s very understandable with the stress everyone is under right now. Quarantine has definitely pushed everyone to their limits, but in the end I think a lot of good can come out of the situation! I wish you the best in your relationship:)
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Thanks Ava! I think you’re right and a lot of good can come out of it… it’s all just a matter of perspective really
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Sending you positive energy and strength, Rizz. You’re strong, and you’ll be more than fine. Good to see your words.
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My sleep schedule is at an all time low. Even today, I woke up at 2pm because I finally knocked out at 4am and honestly I am not a fan of how shit it feels to fall out of bed in the afternoon. Waking up to 80 degree weather. Not the best. I’m much more of a let me wear 15 blankets and hibernate type of person, especially when I can’t leave the house. Also my Hulu free trial ended so now I have to figure out what I’m doing with my life. So far that has been resorting to Netflix. Newest season of The Last Kingdom? I think yes. My body says no. Declining eyesight and growing food baby. That’s the update. I have been writing though! Just short poems, nothing fancy. The type of thing prompted by sitting alone in your room all day and really feeling the whole isolation thing. Cheers homies.
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Writing is writing, so keep writing…
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My sleep schedule is also at an all time low. Where I’ll go to sleep at 3 doing something and wake up only because I have lecture otherwise I’d probably be waking up at like 1:30.
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I hear you with the sleep schedule problem, Dasha!! Sticking to a routine is really hard right now. If you’re looking for a show to watch I am currently enjoying Shameless on netflix. As for a good book, I recommend Symptoms of Being Human. I have began it very recently and although I am not too far in yet it’s great!
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Love the book chat here…
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Thanks for the recommendations 😉 I’ll be sure to check em out, just as soon as I finish Outer Banks. It’s got me hooked.
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As for my writing, I feel it allowed me to grow as a person after explaining and supporting my ideas. Sedaris’s book struck me in a new way that I’ve never experienced before. I feel like many of his pearls of wisdom can be easily applied to my own life. While writing, I struggled with organizing the paragraphs, so I feel that still could be improved upon.
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That’s awesome!! Grow is necessary for character!!
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Hey everyone, I had a really boring week until Sunday where I got to go for an exhausting bike ride around the fountain grove area. Other than that I really didn’t do much and have been playing a lot of video games to keep myself busy. I have also organized my room a little more and changed my desk to help with the flow and maximize the space in my room which was fun as I got to do something a little more engaging and got to see a result I was proud of.
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Glad you’re pushing yourself even during quarantine!
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Do something to pull self from the boredom, and keep doing it. Explanation and understanding is acquired through exploration and creative deviation…
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My paper went very well! I feel I have done better with this paper than the first writing this semester. I didn’t have to edit as much and I noticed much more improvement with fixing a final draft. I kept “the rough draft is the final draft” in my mind while writing and it really helped! I still feel like my ideas do get a little repetitive and all over the place. That might just be me doubting myself, but I still feel like I have improved a large amount!
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Hello all, todays been a pretty good day. I’ve been taking things slow lately. I was getting really stressed and I realized it was time to take a step back and really figure out how to do whats the best for my mental health and how to get the work that I need to get done done. As far as writing is concerned I have written some of my ideas for my story and am really trying to narrow down what I want to talk about as to not just skim over things and actually have a full story. I have also put in a lot of work to revise my essay. I’m feeling much more confident about what I have written and am fairy pleased with the outcome.
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For my story, I have almost seven full pages. I started off with my childhood, in a summarizing sort of way. Then I went on to writing about where I am at now. Stephanie Neeley
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All good! Not going to penalize or take off points for passion.
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So…. How are we going to write ourselves? Our own stories?
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I don’t think my paper was anywhere near exceptional, but it took me an extremely long time to write. I just enjoyed the prompt and subject matter so I wanted to make my ideas as clear as possible. I think my interest in the topic created a more passionate argument. One of the biggest weaknesses I encountered was structuring my ideas so that they could flow together and relate to each other.
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Enjoy the reality of completing it!
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Something I’m enjoying about writing my own story is the freedom it provides. As someone who obsesses over the structure of writing, my own experience is a nice opportunity to let some of these worries go. I already know the sequence of events and can spend more time on the actual story.
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FREEDOM!!! YES!!!
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I think me sedaris/Lawson paper went pretty well but I’m really struggling with my story one. I wanted to write about the impermanence of life but when I started it just sounded boring. Like I did this and then this and then this. I think I have an idea about how to spruce it up… I was thinking I would talk broadly about life and then hone in on a few stories and then finish strong with how that impacts my perspective for my future. I talked it over with my friend and she thought it was a good idea… but I have major writers block. I’m struggling to get excited about my writing. I’m just having a hard time getting in the grove if that makes sense.
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Love your story, don’t think about writing it, just put words to page and let your mind get away from itself..
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I’ll try that again. When I tried it before it just came out boring and looking like a list
I think you’re right and I need to let my imagination wander a bit
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Sometimes lists are illuminating. Give your readers a chance to respond, friend.
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The writing of this previous paper went well. I think the ideas flowed and meshed well together on it. Its a paper that I definitely got a bit creative on, but still followed a good structure. As for my upcoming story, I have the idea, I have a couple of notes I juts haven’t been able to take off and start writing it. Like Is aid in my other comment, I think once I get my scattered brain back on track this week I’ll be able to start writing my story and I’m looking forward to it because this idea I have has many different directions it could be taken in.
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I am feeling torn about my personal story currently. It’s a mess of words; a jot. It’s choppy and undecided on a single topic. I am looking forward to pursuing it, but needing to continue zeroing in on a single idea prior to getting knee deep in the final product.
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Don’t be torn. Be self-told.
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My story of myself starts out somewhat tragic, but ends up hopeful and I hope inspiring. I also have about 7 pages, but am willing to pare down, if necessary. I found it easy to write about myself. It’s a condensed version of something I’ve wanted to write for a while. Who I was and who I am now are so different and sometimes it’s easy to forget where I’ve been and the growth I’ve made.
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Can’t wait to read!!
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For my story, I do not have much so far. I decided to start my story at birth and have what happened in that era of my life to predict my future, what I can take away from my birth to describe my future.I want to bring two different parts of my life and make it one short story of my life.
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Any characters….?
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Me, my mother, my sister and my father so far. They play a very big role in my life and in my current maturing.
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Awesome. Can’t wait to read.
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My paper did not go as well as I would have liked. It was difficult for me to come up with new ideas. I feel like I lost my ability to concentrate on things as I am getting distracted easily. I came up with a pretty good topic but just did not make a good enough effort to back up the idea behind my writing. I could improve by being more passionate about it and dedicating more time to writing.
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Stop thinking about the assignment so much and love your thoughts more.
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My paper also didn’t go very well as I don’t have many inspirational or major impactful moments that I can remember. Maybe I should’ve put more effort into this assignment and allocating time throughout the week to brainstorm. I did get a few ideas but not enough to make a paper.
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We are in control of what’s on the page. The moments do impact, but they only impede if we allow.
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I enjoyed writing this paper more so than the one on Thompson. With Lawson it felt a bit more intimate, which made the process feel natural. i also like the length of the papers, makes condensing a must.
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I’m great!! I feel good and just been doing everything to stay busy and do homework for the rest of my classes. I’ve been running everyday and watching anything new on Netflix as well as writing and doing homework. If anyone has recommendations on readings and show on Netflix. I’m all ears to get new things going.The paper isn’t completely done and have been working on that as well. Some of the strengths of the piece are how there are things that I can relate too about Mr. Sedaris and his type of writing style. Points of improvement would be to get ideas written on a paper and not think about it so much.
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So far for my story, I have small anecdotes and ideas written out. Mostly the highlights. I still need to connect the events and note specific details that will give the story the depth and weight that I would like to communicate.
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Doing just fine. Having some trouble with this website, however.
The way I see it a life of relaxation, like the one I’m living right now among my books and my tea, is earned. I would much rather be earning it than living it right now, or at the very least be socializing.
There are articles in the paper about people who are unaffiliated with the internet or online culture being miffed by the sudden necessity of Zoom meets and working from home. Hilarious, every one of them.
A Youtube video featuring a writer narrating canned tropes in the fantasy genre reminded me of ‘The Chosen One’ and the ‘Object of Power’ whether it be a ring or a sword. Naturally, I took that as a challenge. Right now I’m writing about the chosen one who needs to work with a broker to eventually barter for the ‘magic sword of destiny’, which is amusingly turning into a buddy cop scenario. On the back burner, I’m writing about a nineteen-year-old farmer learning he would do better in the city from an old washed-up salesman who tried his luck and failed in the big city. Good times.
If there were weaknesses in the paper, I hope I tried to iron them out. I saw what I admired in Sedaris’ writing and I wrote about that. I’m not in the review writing process, but it began to feel like that after page four and a half. Like there was a star count out of five at the end of it. I managed to organize it by some miracle. I felt good about it in the end.
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Great response here, thank you!! Colleagues??
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I’m hoping classes are going well for you! “The Chosen One,” remind me a lot and correct me if I’m wrong, but it sounds a lot like the Alchemist. I have not read “The Chosen One”, but from the glimpse you gave us it sounds a lot like “Alchemist.” I don’t know if there’s a journey involved, but it sounds like there is and there are ups and downs involved. I think I may give it a try. I enjoyed reading your post!
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Honestly I’ve been having a bit of trouble trying to figure out what to write about. I thought I’d write about a person but I just hate personal writing and always have. It’s so much easier to criticize and not feel like it’s interesting or funny enough, and then just end up scrapping it and starting from square one. So I’ve sorta been stuck in that cycle a bit, and can’t quite figure out a story that even feels worth it to write about or a few that are cohesive enough to stick together.
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Don’t think so much. Just write, and write freely… visit your journals, log what people say and do… what YOU say and do!!! 🙂
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My paper went well I believe I find that the best way to produce good writing is to just sit in the chair and not get up for any reason. For writing I’ve really been trying to focus on letting my own ideas and thoughts have the overall impact.I’ve been keeping in mind that “the rough draft is the final draft”.
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My papers are going well. I obviously finished the essay due at 6, and I am only a few paragraphs into my story. I feel like my strengths in the essay were definitely grammar, transitions, and keeping a nicely spread variety of locutions. I am pretty confident in my essay; however, I could have picked a better topic. The more that I wrote the essay, the more that I realized that it was a very generic topic on Lawson, and could have been a lot more unique. Either way I was super interested in my topic, and it was very easy to write because of that.
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Good to hear, Wiatte. Cheers.
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With my paper I’m having trouble deciding on one story to tell. There is so much I want to say, and so many stories that I would to tell. I’m starting off by writing multiple stories and choosing one that I can write the most about without straying from the original story.
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You’re thinking too much.
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I’ve always had an issue with overthinking my writing and constantly wanted to restart and begin from scratch. That is something I hope to work on to become a better writer. I always have too many thoughts in my head and want to write more more.
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All good, old friend. Just write in the journal, record thoughts as they come, and assemble later!
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My story has been going well. I feel that I am saying everything I feel needs to be said so far. However, I think I can make the experience for the reader more realistic by looking at old pictures of the event and describing it in more detail.
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For my story, it’s been a little tricky and would like to get some ideas because usually for a story about yourself you want to start from the beginning or your earliest memories and just go forward with your life, but I want to take a different approach and focus on the now but incorporate some of my past in it do and just need some work with it.
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Colleagues?
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Try going with details from now and then add on how your past has influcned who you are today. Stephanie Neeley
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Good advice, Stephanie!
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Very interesting structure. I hope it goes well!
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You are a product of your past self. That’s a really general way to put it but it’s essentially true. You can talk about how you deal with things that you deal with now to lessons you learned as a child or compare/contrast situations, ideas, experiences and dive into how those things have changed or stayed the same.
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Yes. Agreed.
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When writing about the present, you could try thinking about how your past has shaped who you are in that one moment.
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Thanks Yara!! I never really thought of it like that and right before this I was looking at some baby pictures and came across a photo with my best-friend. Thank you for that and will definitely incorporate that in my writing.
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How far from the now should I go back on? In other words how much of should I talk about of the now? If that makes any sense. I get what your saying and maybe I’m just thinking about it too much, but I will will get right on that. Thank Stephanie!!
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I feel like my paper went well over all. I do feel like i was struggling to make it feel fluid but I’m okay with the way it turned out. I feel like it’s strengths are that it really speaks to how I feel about the two books. It shows the way my attitude towards Lawson’s book really changed based on the way she was writing and how that might effect other readers as well. I was definitely concerned about including my thoughts and experience about the books as much as I did but I feel like that actually came to be a strong point of my writing. I want to go back and improve the structure and fluidity of my writing so that it comes across as more put together and over all makes it a better essay.
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I have just began to plan out my story and decided to discuss my parents divorce. I want to talk about the influence of maturing into adulthood while only having a mother to look up to. How I am as a person and how having both of them could have directed me in a different way. I want it to be a mental exploration on paper.
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For tonight’s page….. If you’re thinking, you’re sinking your own story. Writing is what makes pages PAGES. Not deliberation and excess meditation. Move that pen, dance on the keys, and set all perception FREE>
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The hardest thing about my story was choosing what year I want to reload. My perspective on my older years is more altered, and more recent events led to over analyzation. I’m going with sixth grade, and writing the story was really easy. I’m on three pages, and will keep writing for myself. I’m not sure how much of past Pasha vs. current Pasha should be narrating, though.
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I like that… what year to re-load… That’s perspective’s primary intention, or one of them..
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Huh… Haven’t thought about how I’ll deal with the different perspectives yet.
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Maybe only have one, YOURS.
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I liked that to reload a year or chapter from your life Pasha! I think that even though you already have 3 pages done. I think you should pick a moment that really stands out to you. One that has lots of memories packed into one moment. I’ve been reading others that given me a bit of guidance on writing my story and definitely having a defining moment in your life that is worth talking about should be your story!
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Yes!!
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