I’m writing this in the style of a letter because I like to
imagine we’re pen pals. You’ve received an envelope in the morning post,
opening it over breakfast or on your way to work/college/school, it’s a note
from me introducing myself for the first time. An idea I got from the Stephen
Chbosky novel The Perks of Being a
Wallflower.
So you can call me Mavis, it’s not my real name of course
but a blog called Project Hannah didn’t exactly have the same ring to it, a
nickname given to me by my older sister. I’m twenty-eight-years-old, currently
living with my mum in a farming village in the south-east of England, working
part-time in a local pub in the town over from me. Like a lot of people,
whether my age or not, my life has not exactly gone in the direction I had
planned. When I was young I thought I would be: living in my own flat in the
city, maybe working my way up in a publishing company, having reached my goal
weight and finishing yet another novel.
Instead, I’m
overweight, sitting on my mum’s sofa in my pyjamas,
with several unfinished books on my laptop and wondering where all the time
went. I have a good life in other parts, with: a roof over my head, great
friends, the best family and a job that doesn’t make me cry. It’s just...I want
more. I want to look back when I’m old, obviously getting up to mischief in the
retirement village, being able to think over my life and say “I tried my best
and lived it well”. Nothing too extravagant...just enough.
With that in mind, today on the 13th of April
2018, I sat and wrote down the first 20 things I wanted to change and achieve
in the next few years. Vowing to make myself my own personal project. Simple things like: learn how to drive, travel, lose weight, start and maintain a blog. If you are in the same
boat and fancy reading along please subscribe. Write back to me in the comments
or follow me on my social media profiles. For now,
Love From,
Mavis x
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