Since 7 Years Ago...

 As of writing this post, it is 4.22.2025 and I am updating my childhood blog (!!!) for the first time since 2018.

Honestly, I'm procrastinating brainstorming one of the first book ideas I've come up with in a really long time by writing this update post. lol.

Guys, I am now almost TWENTY-FOUR in a couple of weeks. I have a big girl corporate job and am going to start a new position in management there. Y'ALLLLLLL... 

I'm kind of writing this because sometimes I am really curious to know where my old blog friends are nowadays and what they are doing and how they are doing, as well as (like I said) I am procrastinating.

Update on What I Am Doing:

1. I am still making art. :) Back when I was a teenager I was always making fan art for my interests at the time, like Star Wars, Sherlock, Merlin, idk what even else I liked tbh LOL Now, I still make fan art for my new interests. The main thing I have a special interest in is music and my favorite musicians, like Chappel Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, etc. 

I just recently bought an iPad to learn digital art, since before that I almost always only used a traditional medium.

2. As of this year, Jaclynn and I are still writing! Kind of... We definitely both took a lot of time away from writing fiction, but then we both decided that getting back into the hobbies we had when we were young was valuable to both of us. So, we got on a call together and we found Pinterest writing prompts for each other to create a story-- and then WE DID. It was actually really satisfying.

(Also SIDE NOTE but have any of you guys noticed that Pinterest writing prompts are COMPLETELY different than back 7 years ago?? I used to be able to look up "writing prompt" and it would give me inspiring prompts, and now it's all articles...)

And that brings me to my next point, and kind of ties into another reason why I am making this post. I feel like becoming an adult is such a trap. We forget who we are and live disconnected lives away from who we are authentically. I think the core of who we are is always the same; we are our truest self when we are young and have no real responsibilities. I'm sure you guys have heard about "healing your inner child," it was a trend I saw a lot on social media, but it really does feel good to reconnect to past versions of ourselves.

Maybe Little Emma knew what she was doing a lot more than me now.

But that is what I have been thinking about a lot recently. I want to be true to myself and live in a way that Little Me would be proud of and to honor the things that deep down I am interested in and enjoy, even though it can be hard with adult responsibilities PLUS the way social media completely ZAPS me of a healthy attention span and motivation to do anything... that's a whole different post I could make though lol I did no Instagram for the first 3 months of this year and so now I am trying to stay disconnected from social media more so, even though I go on it occasionally at the end of the day typically.

3. Other little things I have gotten into recently... I am a bit of a plant lady, but this started a couple of years ago and I accidentally killed most of my plants when I had to move... oopsie! I still have a few plants inside my room that are thriving, and 3 succulents in the backyard that are hanging on for dear life since I refuse to go in the backyard since there is an ungodly amount of spiders back there.

Also in a similar vein as plants, I've been making my own bouquets since last year, and it is so fun to go to Trader Joe's and buy a bunch of flowers and decide on the color scheme I want, then go home and create my bouquet. Here are some of the ones I've made--

I am recently into matcha-making! My mom got me a matcha kit as an early birthday present, and it has been lots of fun to make my own matcha drinks and figure out my own personal recipe that I like the best.

(I did not make this matcha LOL)

I've gotten back into reading! One of my goals for the year is to read 1-2 books a month. As of right now, I have read 13 books this year, which is crazy because in recent years I had maybe read 1-2 books within the whole year. So, I'm pretty proud of myself for reading more. :)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my little life updateeee... Let me know if you agree with any of my points, or if you are trying to reconnect with your Little Self too! I would love to know what other people are doing to honor their younger selves.

Emma xx