Prologue: First Blog

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The Woman's Guide to Totally Sucking at Life.


The title blinked at me from the computer screen, the only light illuminating upon my face in my small one bedroom apartment. It was acting as if it was taunting me, luring me into its lullaby to continue typing without any thought. So I continued as if it asked me to:


The first step is being as insanely average as possible; the more average you are the better!

You need to pass your high school with flying colors of straight B's only, if you did that and you're insanely average; you're almost there.

Next, you need to go out of your way to find the most highly average esteemed company, and be their desk lady. How average right?

But you aren't done yet, you need to be like every other girl out there and like that gorgeous guy who is your barista down the road from your job.

Oh wait there's more though! Not only do you like that cute barista guy with his sexy dark curls, and rough bearded face, your best friend asks him out instead of you! AND he says YES! You go on without ever admitting to liking this guy and you still do, but wait, they're getting MARRIED now! Now you just wallow in self pity misery.

So ladies, and maybe even men? That is the guide to totally sucking at life.


I gazed solemnly at the send button, wondering if this would be the correct thing to do. I had never written a blog in my entire life. But what awaits me tomorrow made me scramble in anxiety as I had sat down in front of the computer and typed the words of my heart.

Instead of rereading what I had written and second guess myself, I pressed the button and walked away.

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