These 365 days of (something) posts are pretty popular. It’s January 19th, 2010, so I’m a bit behind, but I’ve decided to do “365 days of what I know now,” as in “If I only knew then what I know now.”
The idea came from seeing Stacey’s 365 days of self-portraits, and then thinking of my usualstory.com aspirations to write personal histories of people between 30 and 50 in an effort to publish an “If I Knew Then What I Know Now” compilation for people to read, ponder, and learn from.
I’ll play catch-up by posting 2 or 3 things a day until I get to the current day.
January 1, 2010
Laughing derisively at a child’s questions is extremely damaging, one way or another.
January 2, 2010
Timid people try to impress their fears on others to justify their own feelings of anxiety. (It’s easy enough to find your own fears–you don’t need to take on anyone else’s!)
January 3, 2010
The more you “protect” the young from real life, the more recklessly they will throw themselves into the fray once they have escaped your reach.
You have such wonderful ideas! I love the concept of a book made up of personal histories. Want mine? I’m in the right age group and definitely have some “if I knew now what I knew then” stories.
Thanks for the compliment. After I came up with the idea, I found this site “Letters To My Youngerself.” That’s not exactly what I’m talking about, but it is perhaps some validation that it’s not a bad idea. Mostly it’s selfish, because I love being trusted with what people usually keep under the surface.
I’ve been debating whether or not I can interview / write for people I know more than just a little bit about already.