0-100, The Catch Up
Why hello!
I started Nonsense2-cents a little over a year and a half ago out of boredom. I never thought it would turn into one of my favorite hobbies, but here I am! I guess now would probably be a good time to say if you are on the fence about starting something, just do it. You never know where it might take you. Since then, it’s become a fun bar conversation; I’ve had people I hadn’t talked to in years tell me they read it, a couple of past teachers, relatives, and my Grandma of course (who I’m pretty sure was my only reader for a while). It even came up in a dental school interview. I’ve also had people tell me they don’t like it, which is totally okay because everyone is entitled to their own opinion! Your opinion would just be wrong. There have been a few inappropriate comments here and there, but luckily for the people, I am in charge of this platform so if you comment not nice things (or just general things I disagree with) I just delete your comments. I’m all for censorship, as long as I am the one in charge of that censorship. Anyway, for post number 60, I figured I should probably say thanks to the people who take the time to read Nonsense2cents! I love getting texts from people on their own 2-cents on my nonsense. From here, I’m not sure what else I should say… I suppose I could move forward with taking a page out of Derick Zoolander's book where he achieves all his goals and then starts The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too. Except for mine would be The Kate Thorstenson Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Sarcasm and Wanna Learn to be Actually Fucking Funny. But I don’t have the funds for that (yet), so I’ll opt for option B where I share the most important things I’ve learned from Nonsense2-cents. (And tell you to go watch Zoolander if you don’t understand the previous reference.)
The older I get, the more I realize how important it is to talk about things and share your experiences. I was Seinfeld and was born and raised, the OG background show, so I probably got a headstart on this philosophy. The most meaningful thing we can do is share stories with others. This may seem contradictory to my first ever post on here, which was Small Talk is Overrated. It is, but it also isn’t. Because if you share experiences, there might be someone listening who was going through the same thing and wanted to talk about it but didn’t know they could. Sharing stories with others is no easy feat because a lot of things are hard to talk about. A lot of things actually really suck, but the fun in being human is that a lot of other people also probably think things really suck, and there is some comfort and camaraderie in that. If there’s something you want to share, and you feel comfortable sharing it, you should; you never know who else in the room might need to hear it. Further, (this one from John Mulaney) if you’re ever on the fence about reaching out to someone and saying something complimentary but you feel self-conscious, you should definitely do it. No one is ever upset to get a compliment, so go with it always. I’ve loved when people have reached out to me, blog-related and otherwise and I’m trying to do a better job at being on the other end of that.
Anyway, that’s what I’ve learned from Non-sense2cents! If you're on the fence about starting something you should probably start it, Small talk is not always overrated, share what you have to say, give compliments, and attempt to balance out sarcasm and sincerity.
And seriously thank you so much for reading and for those of you who text me after the weekly post!! And all my funny friends who are responsible for the majority of the ideas in these post. You know who you are and I love you dearly. ;)
