Kate's Happy Fun Blog

       If you asked me before writing this if I had a fear of failure, I would’ve told you no; I’m capable of doing plenty without thinking about failure at all. But this prompt has me questioning whether that’s really true, because there’s no doubt that if I couldn’t fail, I would do a whole lot more than I already do.       Take this essay for example. I know I’m supposed to be writing what I’m thinking and trying my best to not hold anything back, but of course, that’s impossible. If I write a full stream of consciousness, putting forth all of the thoughts bouncing around inside my head, that would be a pretty confusing essay. Authentic, but confusing. So I have to hold at least a little back - sort through my thoughts, put them into words, strategically place them where it makes sense - to not get a failing grade.       But what if there was no chance I could fail at this? I still wouldn’t write down all of my thoughts (bec...

  My first instinct when I think about this prompt is to list objects that have value to me - things that remind me of good memories I’ve had over the years or close people in my life. Maybe you have a favorite toy from your childhood (for me it’s a cardinal toy I used to play with at my grandparents’ house), or a gift from a close friend that you cherish. But that’s really not enough to cover our entire lives. Our life story is not just a few meaningful objects we collect over the course of our lives; it’s the interactions we have with other people. What represents us is different for each person in our life. For example, the only thing the cashier at the grocery store knows about me is that I bought a container of strawberries that one time (and to be honest, they probably don’t even remember that). My parents, on the other hand, know almost everything about me. Probably more than anyone else in my life.  But sometimes I feel like even my parents, the people that have known ...