millennial blog project

millennial blog project

I won’t sit idly by and watch my life pass before my eyes

A millennial’s coming-of-age story

My name is Emily and I’m 30 years old. I’ve been writing on this blog in fits and spurts since I was 14, originally as “Blackbyrd” on blackbyrd.wordpress.com. I’ve long been enamored by the written word and have scribbled poems and sonnets in countless notebooks since I was 7.

Today I’m a classically trained journalist who has built a successful career in corporate marketing. On this blog I write about my musings while traveling all over the world and riding my bike.

Welcome to my never-ending coming-of-age story.

Thanks for visiting!

  • Keep running

    “We have to do that every time I visit,” I told him between breaths. “Okay,” he said. Even when fall morphs into winter. I don’t care. We walked. Instead of watching my footing, I watched him. Each careful step, every glance around at the surrounding foothills. Meanwhile, I stepped in a puddle. He looked at Read more

  • I ate some of your cereal, Jordan

    I’m 19. I know this and understand this. I enjoy being thought of as an adult and treated like one, but sometimes I don’t want to accept the responsibilities associated with adulthood. So imagine me, driving Bubbles and scared shitless on the thruway in the only direction I can go: forward. I do some pretty Read more

  • Catastrophically minute

    I am so self-absorbed. I think that I’ve had a tough life recently because I went through a break up and I lost a best friend. But, the thing is, I chose my way. I made my decision and had to deal with the consequences. It makes me sad that I lost my best friend, but I had to Read more

  • A haven for the go, go, goer

    But, wait –– didn’t I just write this post? With one more exam to go, I’m sitting on the edge of my sophomore year. Tomorrow, Dad comes and hauls all of my belongings away, leaving me to brave senior week with my friends. I’m not sad that the year’s over, I’m merely shocked at the Read more

  • Another BlackByrd

    WordPress allows its bloggers to view their sites’ statistics. I sit back and watch, fascinated as my view count climbs higher and higher. I can see what Google searches yield clicks to my blog and I can see how many times a post has been viewed. Many viewers find my blog after searching “Blackbyrd ‘I Read more

  • JuneBug and the cardinal

    A cardinal follows my aunt during her morning walks on the sand-covered trail near her home in Illinois. The brilliant, red bird flies from branch-to-branch, eavesdropping on my aunt and her friend’s morning gossip sessions. It is my belief that, when we die, we come back as a different being to be a guardian for Read more