There are two questions that I get asked almost everyday.

1) That’s your real name?!

and

2) HOW do you do it?!

The first question I’ve gotten used to.  And it only requires me to say, “yes,” so I’m pretty okay with that one.  But the second…

If you follow the blog, you know that I don’t do a lot of personal posts.  I tend to do things my own way and while I’m always up for suggestions and constructive criticism, I don’t like wasting my time with negativity (especially when it doesn’t make sense).  I am a genuinely friendly and happy person, but I also call it how I see it.  And sometimes, people have a hard time understanding how those two qualities work together.  I used to try to weed through the nonsense.  I used to try to explain myself.  I used to try to help others see why their logic was a little skewed.  But then one day, with the help of a whole slew of trolls, I realized that some people are just intent not only on being mean, but on blaming the people they are hurting for their meanness.  And I decided to stop being their punching bag.

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