izzy is a college student

izzy is 20 and a college student living in los angeles. this most recent school year hasn’t been easy for her. a lot is going on in the world and she’s having a hard time keeping up with the changes, by herself.

natural disasters amid global environmental degradation, pandemics and the political state of the country makes her uneasy. she listens to the news so she is informed but sometimes it is too much weight for her to bear.

her state of mind has been a shade of blue that may change its hue slightly depending on the day. 

she recalls the last time she was in a similar state of despair.

seven years ago she created a blog because she felt alone. It began as a space to fill her time but quickly turned into a collection of creative endeavors, an accumulation of her images and a place to write her stories. izzy rewinds to february 2, 2014, the first entry in her digital diary: “...but you know what i did about it? i laughed. i laughed because it was my first creation that kind of fell apart and that I was perfectly okay with it. It was all okay.”

as she goes through each post she is reminded of the highs and lows of her life and the words she has used to describe them. She relives celebratory birthdays, holiday feasts, accolades and accomplishments alongside her battles of anxiety/stress, health issues and caring too much what others think. she realizes that there are times when it’s tough to stay positive but life is about ebbs and flows. the steady constant is just creating. 

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a third-person bio was asked of me for an application recently. i thought the description was especially poignant right now. but really, how dumb is it to write about yourself in the third person?

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