Don't Forget to Write

By Sarah Warman

What happens when life doesn't go as planned? What happens when you have more questions than answers? When do you become an adult? What happens when you realize you'll never have everything figured out? 'Don't Forget to Write' examines these adventures into adulthood including Sarah's high school graduation, college memories, losing her job, and the losses she's overcome in her life. Sarah also includes several lighthearted essays that reveal why she would never be a paramedic, wear a running skirt, or be offended by someone telling her that she has huge thighs. She also reveals thoughts on leaving behind a legacy and why social media is ruining her life. The essays, written over a time span of fifteen years, reveal the struggle, worries and fears of adulthood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sarah Warman
• Release date: Dec 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310125119

Sarah Warman

Sarah Warman is a Civil Engineer by trade and a Writer by heart. She grew up in Southwestern Pennsylvania as a child of the steel mill industry. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown she moved to the eastern shore of Maryland so she could take walks on the beach whenever she pleased. After spending several years as a migrant, Sarah and her husband moved back home to Pittsburgh where they reside with their son and rescued cat. Her writing has been featured on the Huffington Post, Thought Catalog and her personal blog, Lunges, Long Runs and Lattes.

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Don’t Forget to Write

Essays of Adulthood

By: Sarah Warman

Don’t Forget to Write

Essays of Adulthood

By Sarah Warman

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Copyright 2015 Sarah Warman

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Table of Contents

Introduction

School Days

Lifeguard

Graduation

Questions

I’m a Fifth Year Senior

A Trip to Walmart Begins My Adult Life

Your Thighs Are Huge

I’ve Lost My Job

Searching

Love

Leaving a Legacy

Losing Control

When Giving Your Best Effort Doesn't Yield Your Best Result

I Hate Running Skirts

Is Social Media Ruining Us?

One Year Later

I Don’t Want to be Famous

Back in Time

A Traveling Mind

Thirty-Three

About the Author

Introduction

I have always loved to write. Memories of my early teenage years often involved a pencil and a notebook. I would spend hours scribbling away in a notebook, in the woods of my parents’ property. If I had a bad day, I gushed my feelings onto paper. If I was excited about a new adventure, my hand couldn’t move quickly enough to put my thoughts onto paper.

My fears as a teenager have since changed, but in some ways they have remained the same. What will happen in the future? When will I have everything figured out? What will I be doing in a few years?

As life unveils itself, I’ve tried to document these concerns. Will I ever be free of fear and worry? Probably not, but at least by putting it on paper I can acknowledge my fears and hopefully in the future reflect and remember the trials I have overcome.

I hope that you enjoy the following essays. They are an attempt to remember the path that brought me here. They are my continuing attempt to bare my soul and be my most honest self even when I haven’t achieved the results that I’ve expected. The path that brought me here is the reason that I will always continue to write.

School Days

It seemed as though my life was passing me by. I was in the middle of my junior year and I felt like I hadn’t done much with my high school career. I guess, when I looked back, I had accomplished a decent amount. I had come a long way from my freshman year of high school. I was a member of the basketball team, Gifted, Interact Club, Section Editor of the Yearbook and helping to create a previously non-existent volleyball team.

But those accomplishments felt like they meant nothing. I had one and a half years of my high school career left. That was it. One and a half more years to be a high schooler and have fun. It was fading fast.

While many wondered what they would do after high school, I knew where I was going, but I was wondering what I was going to do with the rest of my high school days.