Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: teenager

  • Dignity and Self-Respect

    Screenshot Saturday Today’s screenshot is a little different from my typical screenshots. It’s not something I saw online that I saved. Last night, while working on transcribing volume 8 of my journals, I came across a line that spoke to me. So I took a “screenshot” of that journal page to share. This was written… →

  • Teen Angst and How I Miss It

    Talk About it Tuesday As I have been transcribing my journals lately, I have found myself in volume 7, which takes place in the spring of 1998. I was 15 years old and in the 10th grade then. April was particularly eventful. That month saw me sitting in the back of the school bus with… →

  • 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… →

  • Sleepless

    Last night, I was laying awake for a brief moment before I ultimately fell asleep. I was trying not to think about work. I have only three days left, tomorrow not being one of them. There is nothing left for me to think about except for the email I plan to send 10 minutes before… →

  • 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.… →

  • Friday–Then vs. Now

    Flashback Friday It’s almost 7:30 pm where I live. Here’s why I’m a little late with my post today. I was chatting with Diane today. Diane is an older lady who works in the I.T. department at my job. We all really like Diane. She’s such a fun lady and super nice. She got 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… →

  • 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… →

  • Sunday, October 20, 1996

    What I’m doing and why I’m doing it–Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey I had gotten a little behind on transcribing my journals into text, hence the delay in getting volume 2 started here. With this journal I had started putting the day of the week that I was writing. For some reason it… →