My Parents Created A World

Ditch The Dream And Be A Doer.

Yes, It Is Hard Out There. But Hard Is Relative. I Come From A Middle-class Family, My Parents Are Academics. I Was Born After The Civil Rights Movement, I Was A Toddler During The Women's Movement, I Live In The United States Of America, All Of Which Means I Am Allowed To Own My Freedom, My Rights, My Voice And My Uterus.

There Is No Longer One Way To Consume Tv. Some Shows You Want To Watch Live, Some Shows You Only Discover Through Streaming, Some Shows You Just Feel You Need To Dvr.

At The End Of The Day, When It Comes Down To It, All We Really Want Is To Be Close To Somebody. So This Thing Where We All Keep Our Distance And Pretend Not To Care About Each Other, It's Usually A Load Of Bull. So We Pick And Choose Who We Want To Remain Close To, And Once We've Chosen Those People, We Tend To Stick Close By. No Matter How Much We Hurt Them. The People That Are Still With You At The End Of The Day, Those Are The Ones Worth Keeping. And Sure, Sometimes Close Can Be Too Close. But Sometimes, That Invasion Of Personal Space, It Can Be Exactly What You Need.

At Some Point, You Have To Make A Decision. Boundaries Don't Keep Other People Out. They Fence You In. Life Is Messy. That's How We're Made. So, You Can Waste Your Lives Drawing Lines. Or You Can Live Your Life Crossing Them