Dating and Relationships and Singleness.

They are all about the tingle of a first kiss or touch, the fluttering beats of your heart when sweet nothings are whispered into your ear, and the blossoming connection that is built emotionally and mentally with hours of conversation and discussion.

Which is why, my lovely handsome and beautiful internet friends, I must point out the obvious.

You are ruining my singleness.

Sometimes the small stuff DOES make us sweat, and sometimes we are just having a REALLY BAD DAY and we could care less about the starving children in Africa. But there is a danger in focusing on these little problems and thinking they are an ACTUAL problem.
The sheer effort that is exerted in getting worked up and caring about so many little things is enough to exhaust a triathlete.

If I had a nickel for every person who has told me that diamonds are only created under the most intense and pressing limits of stress, then I would be able to buy a frickin’ diamond. Which I would promptly sell off for rent money.

Now, I’d love to say “Oh well, no matter, moving on” or that my self-esteem bubble didn’t deflate and swirl around like a helium-tank gone haywire over the past week each time I logged onto the site only to stare at the “You are a loser and don’t have anyone attending. Freak” message at the bottom.

What had been a project that was going to pull me OUT of my prior failure, well, it is/was a colossally WORSE failure than the previous failure.

The Never Quit Blog Carnival will run from June 13th – June 30th

It is an opportunity for bloggers to donate to the American Cancer Society while doing something they love – blogging.

During the carnival, participants will be asked to write, draw, design, vlog, or create a post based on the following prompt:

My theme will always be NEVER QUIT – Jayson Nichols (1978-2010)

What do you believe in so much that you would Never Quit?

What is it about being online that somehow “gives” so many of us license to say things we’d never say “in our out loud voice”, write about lives we only pretend to dream of leading, and in general creating a second persona online?

It’s like this beautiful world of people that I adore so much is essentially tearing down any concepts of personal responsibility.