About @na
My name is @na and I’m a twenty-something trying to make ends meet, co-exist with her boyfriend and train a very stubborn dog – all while staying sane.
It’s not an easy thing to do these days. That’s the reason I turned to a journal comic in 2003. It really helped me gain perspective on what’s important in life, and what I’ve learned is to enjoy the daily mundane, the little things that happen that make life mean something. It also helped me learn a tough lesson, don’t sweat the small stuff.
Like many people my age, my life is lacking direction right now. And anyone who doesn’t lack direction at my age, I absolutely give you the stink eye!! I have three years of a very expensive liberal arts college education under my belt (if only an office assistant could use iambic pentameter more), I still have to go to the laundromat, and my car is falling apart bit by bit.
The subtitle of this blog refers to what I think is a common feeling among twenty-somethings: that we used to have infinite potential, a bright future and our pick of a thousand opportunities. We really were raised in a time of plenty. But for some reason, my generation, more than previous ones, got stuck with quarter-life crises. We rebelled against education, careers, family; in one word: “Plastics”. We got scared, made stupid decisions, threw it all away, cut ourselves free from the little geniuses our mothers raised.
I’m no longer a genius, but it’s all OK. I have other successes: I keep a nice home, I’m an independent and self-assured woman with lots of friends, I keep myself busy, try to do good deeds and I do well by my dog. I’m paying my bills and I’m even almost out of debt.
My life is far from perfect, but it’s about all the responsibility I can handle right now…
If you take a look at my comic archives, you’ll see it reflects these seemingly mundane things that make my life dear to me now. There was a time I thought it would never be quite this normal, so I’m enjoying it now and not taking it for granted. I’m not sure it gives people an insight about the world at large, but it might spark a sense of recognition in some people, a sense of common ground…
On the journal side of this site, you’ll read a lot about my day-to-day, which might not interest you so much if you don’t know me personally, but you might find a reference to an awesome book, CD, podcast, movie, etc. My horizons are broad, and I try everything once (except skiing). And as a twenty-something, I might be pondering the same notions you are right now. About the big stuff and the little.
Thanks for visiting…
