Dear Violet

Hi and welcome to Dear Violet – I am so glad you found your way here.

Starting this blog has been on my “to-do” list for a little too long now… I kept thinking I needed everything to be perfect before launching –– a perfect niche, a perfect idea, a perfect plan. But I had a realization… nothing is perfect and everything is perfect all at the same time. At least that’s what we tell ourselves, right? So, here we are. Crossing one more thing off the “to-do” list.

In all seriousness, I am really excited to be here and am hoping you are too. I know that it has become increasingly popular on the internet to have more casual posts and discussions. However, I don’t want to just be casual and fun, I want to be real and relatable. I hope you find as much peace in that as I do. No bullshit here, I promise.

You’re probably thinking, “who the f*** are you?” Great question. Here is what I like to call “My Big 4” (the four things that pretty much sum up who I am at this time, on this day): I am in my 20s; I grew up in the Midwest; I am in law school; and I have no clue who I want to be, where I want to be, or what I want to be when I grow up. Can you relate? (I hope so.)

One thing is for certain –– I love writing. I have stacks upon stacks of journals from all walks of my life so far. They start from when I was around ten (maybe younger considering it’s clear I couldn’t write or spell well) and have continued for over a decade. It brings me peace. Plain and simple. In a lot of these journals, I would “write books” (aka I would write a page of one idea, another page of a completely different story, and then never touch it again). On other pages, you might find to-do lists or recipes or workout routines or a daily journal or a gratitude list. The key is: I have always been a writer. I can safely say that it is the one true thing that I am passionate about. In college, I majored in Journalism, but I couldn’t decide where to go from there, so I ended up in law school. My young and naive self didn’t realize that being good at reading and writing did not mean that I was meant to go to law school… Am I interested in the law? Kind of. Do I find classes interesting? Kind of. Do I like reading and drafting documents all day as my job? Not really. Am I more interested in the social aspect of school and being able to have different colored highlighters and notebooks? Yes, yes, and yes.

So that is how I ended up here.

My intention for sharing my writing is two-fold: (1) to be a relatable voice in this crazy world, and (2) to share things in my life to (selfish, I know) help me figure myself out. I plan to post about anything and everything. I plan to be an ear and a hand. I plan to share journeys and tips and lessons from my own life to hopefully touch someone who needs to hear it.

So, welcome and thank you. Pull up a chair and stay awhile.

‘Til tomorrow.