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!

  • Happy hump day!

    Yesterday and Monday I was climbing the mountain, covered in sweat and extremely stressed out. Today, I stand tall and proud on top of Mt. Hell. On Monday when I climbed into our Buick Rendezvous at well after nine o’clock at night, I choked back my tears and told my mother about my hectic day. Read more

  • How do we know?

    Lately in my Earth Science class we have been studying the creation of the universe. This includes the “Big Bang” and yada yada yada. All this talk about our creation made me really dizzy and I began to have those thoughts that I often wonder about. How did we get here? What is the point Read more

  • The future does not look bleak (to me) anymore

    I don’t like it and I don’t want to, but I am growing up. I am already thinking about what college I would like to go to, and my ears perk up whenever I hear about a school with an excellent journalism program. I do not necessarily wish to be a journalist, I just want Read more

  • I can tell by the stands

    I knew that I had a lot of work to make up when I got back in school today, but I didn’t know how overwhelmed I would be. Along my journey through the hell that is today, I found that we have a Spanish test and an Earth Science test tomorrow. Spanish should not be Read more

  • The polka-dots had a lovely night out

    Despite feeling like crap all day yesterday, I was able to make it through my mother’s vicious make-over and hair pulling. (Okay, I overexaggerated on that a lot hehe – it really was not that bad.) A few of my brother’s and my friends came over, and we took pictures (I hurriedly got dressed in Read more

  • Polka-dots with nowhere to go (possibly)

    Homecoming today. Am I excited? Yeah, kind of. I have a pretty black and white polka-dotted dress that deserves a night out, but the way my body is reacting is telling me to stay in and not go. I did not even realize I was sick. A few days ago I felt horrible, but I Read more