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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie Edwards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Truth is, I was having trouble coming up with what to write about today. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t have plenty of ideas rolling around in my head &#8211; or more like the memos app on my phone, since that&#8217;s actually my brain these days &#8211; but, it&#8217;s more that there&#8217;s just *so much* going [...]]]></description>
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<p>Truth is, I was having trouble coming up with what to write about today. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t have plenty of ideas rolling around in my head &#8211; or more like the memos app on my phone, since that&#8217;s actually my brain these days &#8211; but, it&#8217;s more that there&#8217;s just *<em>so much</em>* going on that I don&#8217;t know what to actually post and what will <strong>bore you to death</strong>.</p>
<p>I tend to censor myself a lot. Even in talking, I will sometimes keep from saying things I&#8217;m thinking because &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how they&#8217;ll react.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a terribly bad habit; one that&#8217;s even more encouraged when writing and not speaking. It&#8217;s super easy to hit that backspace key and just <em>start over</em>.</p>
<p>I want to tell you all about the stupidly un-confident (Is that even a word? It really should be.) thing I said to my husband the other day. Or how I was completely impatient with my daughter yesterday and probably could have handled a few incidents better. How about sharing some of my insecurities? Because unlike what <a id="nk2m" title="Miss Britt says I'm immune to insecurities" href="http://miss-britt.com/2009/03/on-choosing-and-being-chosen/#comments">Miss Britt</a> might think, I am not &#8220;&#8230;immune to insecurities&#8221; at all. <strong>Far from it.</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>I could very well also post more light-hearted things. Like how long it&#8217;s been since I&#8217;ve shaved my legs. (You don&#8217;t want to know. Really.) Or how I can&#8217;t laugh at something my husband says without a little snort here and there. Because he&#8217;s the funniest person I know.</p>
<p>But, over and over I think about how you probably don&#8217;t care to read about all the mundane crap that happens in my everyday life. Surely, you don&#8217;t really care and more than likely you&#8217;re looking for something more than just that.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s not to say that I&#8217;m not real. I&#8217;m just very <em>selective </em>on what I will share and be real about.</p>
<p>So yeah, I censor myself. Repeatedly.</p>
<p>And now that that&#8217;s out and clear, let&#8217;s move on and get to some more important things. Before I select all and hit delete.
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