Ooogly Ugly

I'm 27.

I'm 27 and I have a wonderful job.

I'm 27 and I own my own home.

I'm 27 and I have some truly amazing friends.

I'm 27 and I have a great family.

I'm 27.

I'm 27 and I am single.

I'm 27 and I am lonely.

I'm 27 and I am still struggling to find myself.

I'm 27 and I am constantly looking for happiness in all the wrong places.

My name is Collin and I am a 27-year old female, living in Asheville NC.  Since graduating from college (Go Appalachian!) I have been on a path, bothing knowingly and unknownly, to find happiness not only in life, but most importantly in myself. Who knew how hard that could be, would be, and still is?? I tell everyone – I never knew the transition from college to the real world would be so damn hard.  I know it is not a struggle for everyone like it has been for me, but my hope for this blog is to be able to write about the ups and downs of life, the good, the bad, the really ooogly ugly and to maybe, just maybe be able to one day make sense of this thing called LIFE. I hope to share not only my thoughts and experiences but any interesting / inspirational / funny / helpful tools, things and/or ideas along the way!

I graduated five years ago and sometimes that seems like yesterday and that I have the whole world ahead of me. While other times it seems like Ive just been going with the motions for so long that I have lost sight of who I am and where I am going. I have this idea of sharing Five Truths about myself every time I write a new blog. I hope that learning to be honest with myself, whether the truth is big or small, silly or personal and being able accept, work on, learn from or change thoses truths will lead me in some way to finding who I am and the happiness I know, deep down, I deserve.


Five Truths:

1. I am absolutely in love with idea of being an ASTRONAUT. I want Jim Lovell’s babies.

2. I have a horrible habit of comparing myself and my life to EVERYONE else.

3. I want so badly to believe in true, blissful, never ending, never the same, life changing LOVE.

4. Breast Cancer Awareness REALLY bothers me. Like seriously.  What about all the other flipping cancers?!?!

5. I struggle with never feeling ACCOMPLISHED in anything I do.  I can land a fabulous job, buy a home, run a 5k, raise a dog and yet at the end of most days I go to bed thinking “Collin – what are you doing with your life?”


I believe in the power of writing down your thoughts and feelings - I find it to be very therapeutic. I hope for anyone who reads this that they find my blog honest, relatable, and enjoyable! :)