Thoughts by Hannah Michelle

One of my biggest rules for myself about writing has always been not to post anything I’ve written while angry.   Don’t tweet, don’t blog, don’t share.   Anger is not an emotion that should be dealt with publicly when at all possible, especially when you are my age and still have universities and potential careers looking at your social media.   So tonight I am writing from a place of conviction, knowing what I believe.   Another one of my major rules for myself is to always speak up when I see things that aren’t as they should be.   The past few months, I’ve let myself down in that regard. A few months ago, I left my job. While it is true that I was in a place where I physically needed to deal with my health, the reason my health was so bad in the first place was stress-related from my job.   I didn’t speak publicly on this at first, because I hate admitting someone hurt me when I know they do not care.   I don’t like sinking my energy into that when it will not

Since beginning this blog, I have tried to write about whatever I was experiencing in my life in hopes of helping others in some way.   I believe many of the things I wrote sparked conversations that helped people, so I am glad I did what I did.   However, I have felt a bit like I have been processing my life in a public way, not at the level celebrities do or anything of that nature, but publicly nonetheless.   This time I am experiencing right now I want to process privately. I am finding a sense of purpose and learning about my goals in ways I haven’t before, and I am excited for many of the things in my life that are happening within the next few years. I’m beginning to find a sense of identity that I feel I have lacked for many years. I’m enjoying processing things on my own, and not necessarily writing about them for others to read at this point. However, I do miss writing on this blog and having conversations about different things I write about.   One of the th