How Facebook Engagement Announcements Cause A Brief Mind F*ck

ashleybratton

ashleybratton Wondering who the heck I am? Well I’m just a girl wondering: “What in the world a blog is?!” Okay, “tell something about myself”… I am a 23 year old, St. Charles, Missouri native who just finished living in Seattle, WA for a year and is currently living in Austin, Texas. I have forgotten where commas are appropriate and where they are not and I have working in construction to blame for that. I have danced and played soccer all my life and I think I did every intramural sport I could sign up for in college, which was University of Central Missouri for me. GO MULES! Yes… Mules. I went to high school at THE St. Dominic, where upon graduation I was elected into a position that carried much responsibility and enormous dedication when my class awarded me with the highly prestigious and highly sought after title of… “Class Clown.” A moment I would brand as the pinnacle of my high school career although my guidance counselor did not seem to agree considering she “strongly suggested” I take it off the headline of my resume/completely off my resume all together. I have a difficulty believing that people care to take their time to read what I have to say. Especially, because of how all over the place I am. I go from diving deep into my faith into the next day completely questioning it, and from having the times of my life feeling like the happiest girl to feeling completely down…really down and dark and depressed, and from (as Queen Bey) would say “feelin’ myself” to looking in the mirror and absolutely hating what is staring back at me. So, if you are confused by what you are reading just know it’s not your fault. It is because you are reading something by a confused girl, a confused girl who loves run-on sentences! And of course, I will add in funny stories that have happened to me along the way, stories that have caused people to say to me, “I wish you would write a book.” I am a very awkward human and apparently awkward situations follow awkward humans. Disclaimer: I have no set theme for this site. I am just going to write as if I am journaling and talking to myself and if it reaches or touches one person out there… then mission accomplished. A pivotal part of my life is the organization I formed in college called Ladies Inspiring Versatility (LIV). I will dedicate a blog post that goes into more detail about this organization. Long story short, the mission of LIV is to help build confidence in young women and give them a place to call home. Once a week, we have meetings aimed at building confidence in themselves, schoolwork, campus involvement, networking and in others. We also do events outside of our weekly meetings, such as; volunteering in our community, formals, BBQs (we are Midwesterners after all) and events with other organizations, and the biggest event… Homecoming! (remember, we are ignoring my grammar) In this site, I am stripping down, “getting naked” and completely opening up with things that I have kept inside of me for my whole life, all in hopes to maybe helping someone out there going through some of the same things. Getting naked just for you. So, if I didn’t already scare you away… Come on and come read my crazy. View all posts by ashleybratton