Author Archives: natileejo

self-destructing

I have wondered lately where the line between dreams and reality is. If the line is blurred, or even possibly disintegrated altogether, then does that make life a dream? Or does that make a sad and dreamless life? If one achieves all of the hopes and dreams, do more come? Is life content? Is itContinue reading “self-destructing”

dancing queen

The other day I randomly heard the song Dancing Queen and, as I was singing along in my head to the song, I realized that I did not dance enough to this song when I was 17. I know I definitely danced to it on my 17th birthday, and I probably listened to it rightContinue reading “dancing queen”

another introduction

In my last post, I talked about meeting a lot of new people and reintroducing myself over and over again as an aspiring- slightly accomplished- writer. When I first started this blog I wrote an introduction post. It contained less of what I had to say about myself and more about what others had toContinue reading “another introduction”

what do you want to do?

Last week I wrote a post talking about feeling like a writer and wanting to start posting every week. This week’s post is going to piggyback off that one in a lot of ways. I want to start feeling more like a writer, but why is that important to me? Being a writer and aContinue reading “what do you want to do?”

feeling like a writer

I dearly miss the days when this blog was a place for me to blog my thoughts in a consistent and enriching way, and/or a way for me to show off physical journaling as well. Instead, it feels like a distant relative that you see once in a while and realize that the dread ofContinue reading “feeling like a writer”

feel the rain

A lot of my posts on this blog start with mentioning that I was in a rut, feeling very down and defeated, prior to diving into the story and/or lesson. It goes to show how sometimes you need to be down to realize how good the up is. I also feel like this is justContinue reading “feel the rain”

i wrote a book and graduated college in 2023

Back in high school, I remember arguing with my sister-in-law about whether or not I was going to attend college. I told her over and over again that college was not for me. I felt too ambitious, I wanted to travel the world and see things I wouldn’t in my hometown. I wanted to runContinue reading “i wrote a book and graduated college in 2023”

the new year

The satisfying numbers that this year held didn’t really live up to the expectations that I had for it. That statement is not to say that I had a bad, disappointing, or underwhelming year. But, the last thing I would consider calling this year was satisfying. I felt rushed a lot of the time, IContinue reading “the new year”