Welcome! My name is Miranda. I thought that once I grew up, my “awkward” phase would be over. But then I reached a point where I realized, for some of us, the awkwardness never really ends. I’m here to share with you some of my awkward stories, new and old, so we can collectively be awkward together! This is for all the other awkward adults out there! And of course, who doesn’t enjoy some cat pictures too?
Hailing from a small Indiana town on a back country road, I grew up with woods, fields, bike rides, and at some points, twenty-some stray cats lounging around our porch. Even though our house often had a “free kittens” sign up, it would frequently lead to people anonymously dropping cats/kittens off on our property.
When I went to college, I discovered that sidewalks were actually a real thing that people used. I walked and biked everywhere. It was crazy to think that Walmart was five minutes away, not a forty-five minute drive. Also that places were open at night, and I could get food delivered to my door!!! This was crazy!
After college, with my degrees in Creative Writing, Video Production, and Digital Storytelling, I moved to New Orleans with my boyfriend, Joe, where we lived together for a year, exploring, trying to find work, and living on our own. Since then, I’ve moved to Atlanta in search of more work as a Production Assistant and find myself constantly traveling between New Orleans to see him and Indiana to visit my family whenever I get the chance (ty megabus!).
Some people would think that by 26 years of age, I would have my life together. I applaud those of my peers that do have it together. When I was a teenager, I fully expected to have it together by now, because… that’s just what adults did. But, as you may have already guessed, my life is far from together. Too many things still exist to try out in life. I haven’t decided where I want to spend most of my years. I still move around a lot, bouncing from one job to another, never knowing where my next paycheck will come from. I’m always late to everything in life. I lost my first tooth late, learned how to ride a bike late, learned to swim underwater late, got my first kiss at eighteen, my first cell phone in college, my first car at twenty-three, and I usually don’t see the popularly-talked-about movies until years after the fact. I’m not buying my first house, and I don’t think I want to for a while. I’m not married, and all I’ve wanted since I’ve graduated is my own kitty.
One of the things you can expect once you reach your twenties are an endless amount of people who post “All my friends are getting married or engaged while I’m over here like _____” posts. Honestly, I don’t know why these people think that getting married is such an end all beat all for being an adult and having your life figured out. Like, once you’re married you have your life all figured out. You’re all set. No more worries. Maybe it’s that way for some people, but even if I was married right now, I don’t think I’d have my life together. Maybe it’s just the thought of being able to afford a wedding at that age because I don’t think I’ll be able to afford one until I’m at least thirty-five!
But either way, life through my twenties has been a journey, with both good and bad. I used to dream about what future I’d have, which for me was a stable, well-paying job that allowed me to save up lots of money by the time I was thirty, a fancy little house that I’d keep meticulously clean, a partner who loves me, and two frisky felines! As I got older, I realized that no one’s life plans work out the way they thought, and I am INCREDIBLY blessed for my health, education, safety, along with my friends, boyfriend, and family who love me. That’s all that really matters. Everyone struggles, in one way or another. So I try to wake up grateful every morning.
Hopefully we can all share experiences and stories with other people. It’s always fun hearing about and meeting more of the crazy characters in the world. Because there are pirates, and mermaids, and cowboys, and people who fly. Every type of person is out there, if you know where to look for them. Just sit back and listen.
Welcome to my blog!
(when you look calm on the outside, but then your inner awkwardness comes out)
Welcome to Steemit !
Greetings from Mallorca :)
oooo how pretty! drones? @mallorca
Welcome! Gave you a follow!
@davidmccauley thanks! Followed as well!
I'm going to CatCon (a cat convention) next month and I totally want to make a T-shirt that says "One of Us" with cats all over it! Too much?
I will make it for you :)
This is awesome!
Very honest. iI liked it ;-) Hope to read more.
Maybe you should focus your mind daily on what you want in your life. Planting the right seeds is what helped me to figure it all out.
Welcome to family :)
thanks @predictor2100!
Hi @theawkwardcat welcome to steemit! I must admit I am more of a dog person myself but I do love kitty's. Great to have you here with us, thanks for the great content and pictures. I think you going to do great around here!
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Cool @bitminter, thanks for the comment!
Welcome to Steem @theawkwardcat I have upvoted and sent you a tip
Thank you @bottymcbotface!
Glad to see you Theawkwardcat I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, Wish you much luck! Cheers! i will follow your account, please follow me at @khunfarang
I hope I will too! I'm still getting the hang of it. @khunfarang your profile is telling me you haven't posted anything yet
Hi @theawkwardcat welcome to Steemit, have a nice time ahead.
Thanks @minimalpris!
The awkwardcat but I'll call you the cool cat. Lol. You know how to make an entrance <3 Welcome to steemit and do have fun.
FYI: your cat photograph is lit. Lol
Haha thanks! @bitfairy The awkward cat + shades = The cooool cat.
Thought as much... Lol
Welcome @theawkwardcat! Great first post. I have followed you as well. Follow me for crypto news and How-to's
Thanks for the welcome @bl0ckchained125!
welcome to #steemit Community ... u can follow me if u like ... my posts will u earn n grow faster
https://steemit.com/steemit/@rajag234/who-wants-to-be-tagged-in-my-post-to-see-it-first-looking-for-friends
Thanks @rajag234! Awesomeness.
Welcome to steemit!!
Love your cat!! :-)
Wanna see my cat doing dog tricks? :-D You find me at @nenakrizman
Please follow me if you like my posts :-)
Wish you lots of upvotes!
Kisses Nena!
Thanks @nenakrizman! Following :) I love your cat Nelson! You get points in my book for adding a cat to your welcome post lol
Welcome Miranda ! Brother Joe is a lucky lucky guy ! Hope you love love love tha Steemit ~ Enjoy !!
@lanceman Thanks man, I hope so too!
Welcome to Steemit from Vancouver BC Canada!
@openparadigm Hi! I've never been to Vancouver but I've heard it's very pretty up there!
Look at my Blackberry post, the pictures are taken one block from my apartment.
Hi and welcome to Steemit :) I have a maine coon cat, very funny. I will also show him here on steemit ;) I will follow you!
@urbanmartinuc also followed :) Cool! I have a friend who has four cats, one of which is a fluffy white main coon, which she talks about all the time!
Welcome nice girl! I'm sure that you will like it!
@amedeo thanks, I hope so!
Hello @theawkwardcat this was a really great introduceyourself post, and photos!!
I'm @andyluy and I've been here for a a month, a can tell you that steemit is the most amazing thing I've ever seen at the internet so far. I'm happy seeing it grows every day!
I had some hard time on the firsts week, so I spent some time searching information to improve my experience with steemit, latter I've decided to make posts about those things in order to help the new ones to have a shortcut to get deeper on steemit.
here is some of my posts, I hope It mitght be helpful to you:
SteemBnB
Usefull steemit tool
The Randowhale
Getting videos from facebook
Minnowssupport!
Here is one post from @yoda1917 That i think Is useful to have a look too
just halt for a moment
I intend to keep posting useful info that I may be able to gather, and in a near future some give away. Feel invited to follow me and if you have any question about steemit you can ask me in any of my last posts, I'll try my best to help.
PS: I truly liked you way of writing, and humor, and also I do Identify myself with some parts of your stories, I 'm already following you, I strongly believe your blog will be amazing ^^/
@andyluy thank you sir! I've got a lot more where that came from :p and thanks for the info, I'll definitely check out those links!
I just noticed that I've forget to follow you hahaha
now I'm really am XD
Welcome To Steemit! @theawkwardcat, I hope you find the platform useful for your ideas and posts. Heres is a link to a video of Andrew Levine that helped me understand steemit a lot better, good luck! video
@leviatan thanks I'm looking forward to becoming more involved in the steemit community!
welcome to the community dear.
@cutegirl thank you for the welcome!
Hey, and welcome to Steemit! Wish you all the best ;)
@btcsam thanks!!
Welcome to Steemit! We do travel blogs and would like to make some connections on here! Please follow us back so we can be friends :) Looking forward for your posts
Thanks! @shinidanitv I like all your travels!
Hello! Nice to meet you))) Good luck in Steemit!
@christina.red haha thank you!! :D
hey awkward cat lover, looking forward to check out your posts!
have a cat my self, haven't blogget about him yet, soon soon.
upvoted!
Thanks for your comment! @jarikfred It's always a great time to blog about your cat! :p
Welcome to Steemit Miranda. I love cats, I hope you are going to enjoy this platform and will be able to contribute positively. Below mentioned website will help you get through this initial phase:
https://www.steemithelp.net/
In case you got any questions, feel free to ask. Let's connect, Following your blog. :)
Thank you for the link @dheerajdj! Following back!
A new Steemian :-) hello @theawkwardcat I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, wish you much luck! I Have upvoted and will follow your account. Don't hesitate to contact or follow me at any time :-) See you around @tradewonk
Thank you @tradewonk!
meep?
Congratulations @theawkwardcat!
Your post was mentioned in the hit parade in the following category:
Welcome to Steemit & the community! You nailed your introductory post.
Here's some links that may help... https://www.steemithelp.net/
https://steemit.com/steemit/@igsamuel/how-to-succeed-on-steemit-quick-guide-for-beginners
https://discord.gg/HYj4yvw
Upvoted and Following you
Thanks for the information, @mithrilweed! followed :)
Welcome :) Followed. Follow me back 😘
@kassie-vegas following :)