Writing My Way Through Life's Adventures.
Recently I watched a skin crawlingly uncomfortable yet amazing indie film called Ingrid Goes West starring Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen. Plaza’s Ingrid is a lonely young woman most likely suffering from some sort of mental illness or break following the death of her mother. She becomes obsessed with Olsen’s Insta-famous Taylor who seemingly lives …
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I feel like I often hear my friends and other people my age (thirtysomethings) talk about wanting to disconnect. “I just want to delete my Facebook…but it makes it so easy to keep in touch.” “I just need to take a little social media break.” Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, it’s all become so ever-present in …
Grief. Grief is sneaky, like a wave. It ebbs away and for a period of time, distracted by work, life, whatever it may be, you forget that you’ve lost something precious. And then it comes rushing back. It always does. Sometimes it’s shallow, lightly splashing around your ankles – a light malaise of sadness. Other …
Something I've learned as I've gotten older is that I have less and less patience for cynicism. 5-10 years ago, when things weren't going as well as I'd like them to, when I was out of shape, more insecure, and frustrated with my own life, it was easy to fall into the trap of negativity …
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Lola Writes the Wave 