Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: high school

  • A Teenage Haven

    Flashback Friday As I have been transcribing my journals and getting all in my high school feelings, I decided I wanted to buy something to set the mood for when I’m writing. I already have a “high school nostalgia” playlist that I can listen to, but I wanted something from my teenage bedroom. And that… →

  • The Kids Might Not Be Alright

    Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday Last night I was working on my book. I’m still in the transcribing journals phase and I’m on volume 6 (out of 39). These were around March and April of 1998, when I was in the 10th grade. The entries I focused on revolved around the awful rumor that started… →

  • Your Own Pacey

    Picture it…teenage Sarah’s bedroom, any Tuesday night at 8:00 from 1998-2000. High school Sarah is sitting on her bed clutching a pillow as she watches Dawson’s Creek. Her heart flutters and soars as she watches. She gasps at the end and waits impatiently through the commercials until the preview for next week’s episode comes on.… →

  • Music. Always.

    What makes you feel nostalgic? I’m limited on time today. I’m meeting up with an online knitting friend who is visiting family near where I live. We’re going to visit a yarn store and have lunch. I’m very excited about that. So, with my small amount of time, I’ll simply say that music makes me… →

  • Talk About it Tuesday—Friday, October 24, 1997

    I’m very slowly transcribing certain passages from 30 years worth of journals that I’ve written in and kept. In case you haven’t read my earlier posts, this is what I’m doing and why I’m doing it–Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey I’m on volume number 5, I think. I’m about to finish filling up… →

  • 5Ws Wednesday—Why all the nostalgia?

    I am very much a person who experiences nostalgia frequently. In fact, I have a playlist that’s labeled “high school nostalgia”. I started adding songs to it so that when I’m working on my book, which relies heavily on transcribing old journals, I can get deeper into my feelings by listening to the music of… →

  • Damn I’m Proud

    With this question a year ago, I reflected on how I should feel proud of myself but I just couldn’t. The anger of all that I had been through lately was keeping me from feeling something positive about myself. That has changed. And funnily enough, I just became aware of what makes me proud of… →

  • Writing Proof

    As a follow up to my earlier post about procrastinating on working on my book, I would just like to share this “proof of life/writing” post. I have spent the past 2 to 3 hours working on it. I listened to my “high school nostalgia” playlist while I worked: And I noticed myself making this… →

  • Forgiveness

    The prompt today was about grudges. My response was simple…I have grudges and for now, I don’t mind having them. One of the grudges I’m holding onto involves the people who bullied me in high school. I’m grateful that I am old enough to not have had social media when I was going through school.… →

  • Not Happening

    Recently, one of my friends from high school commented on a post of mine on Facebook. She asked if I was planning to go to the reunion in October. This year is our 25th. They’ve had reunions at 10 and 20 years, but now with the 25th, they’re trying to do it up big. My… →