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Taking Up Space

I am a true extrovert, energized by people and experiences and being out in the world. When I'm surrounded by the buzz of life I feel alive too (yet oddly I hate loud, repetitive noises but that's another post for another day). The obvious benefit of stretchy pants aside, when I stay home, left alone for too long, I start to feel isolated and depressed. My book club doesn't believe me when I claim extroversion. "But you love books, you read all the time" they say. "You're quiet during the discussion, you mostly observe" they protest, and they're right. More on this later. This past weekend we had the benefit of a kid-free weekend, so my husband and I went to see a band we both like at a new live music venue in the city. We found a spot to stand with a great view, and the space was crowded but not packed, so we had plenty of room to move around and dance. As the band's set went on, I started to feel uncomfortable, like I didn't have th
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Without Identity

If you google tips for starting a new blog, the one piece of advice you'll see over and over is "have an identity." Are you a mommy blog? Great. A food blog? Excellent. Choose a theme, make it yours, and start posting. Rarely will you see any blog experts say that your new blog can be a raging success if it's full of random musings and disjointed content. I have wanted to be a blogger for a long time. Not because I want blogging to replace my career or because I have dreams of doing feature segments on the Today Show, but because I like the medium of blogging for taking a topic or an idea, diving into it a little bit, and then having a conversation. Yes I know, haters are a part of that, but I refuse to let them win. Come at me trolls! During my first pregnancy I had a blog to keep family and friends updated on what was going on with the nursery and appointments and all that, because of course everyone was glued to the details of my life and couldn't wait for
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