Somewhere along the way, I became much more interesting in the real world than I was online.

Or maybe I’ve always been that way.

I wanted to be a writer for a long, long time. I wanted to make a living creating stories and adventures. This was my life’s dream for high school and a bunch of college.

In high school, I wrote a lot. I took every English class I could and even tried to get into honor’s English, even though my grades didn’t support it. I wrote a column for the school newspaper, and spent a lot of free time jotting down stories or writing in my journal.

One teacher in high school, however, noticed something about me and it took me many more years to fully realize it for myself. She told me that I was better at speaking my mind than writing my mind. She told me that I had a knack for grabbing the attention of people with my voice and language, more than my writing.

Anyway. This user’s very kind compliment made all that pop into my mind.