The one where Molly is brave enough to publish her blog.

Yeah, that’s right. I did it. I gave in and made a blog. After 22 years of going to Mom and Dad to share my feelings about every little thing ever – I figured maybe it’s time to give them a break and get going on sharing things elsewhere. That’s why this is called the Junk Drawer. Easily confused with that drawer that everyone has in their kitchen, my mind tends to be a big fat jumble of emotions and realizations and good things and funny things and yes – junk. Sometimes that junk is useful (just like the bottle opener from your Caribbean cruise you thought you lost) and sometimes it’s a bunch of absolute shit (you really don’t need that button collection, do you?), but it all lives in the same place, your Junk Drawer. I’m not sure if anyone will actually read this (hey Mom and Dad!) but in the event that someone does have the balls to open the messy holder of all things random that is Molly’s brain, welcome.

As previously stated, I’m not quite sure what I’m supposed to do and/or write here. They want you to create your first post, and they prompt you with suggestions about your passions and your interests. How am I supposed to tell everyone my current passions are saving money to travel (again) and my interests are finding the cheapest airplane deals? I’m wildly passionate about napping as efficiently as possible and I’m also very interested in sustainability and thrift shopping. Here’s my main problem though: nobody cares about Molly’s Junk Drawer (yet). How do I create content (communications major over here!) that people want to read? We all have a sort of mini blog in our lives – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn. I’ve made this to express myself and sort of, I don’t know, get myself out there a little bit, but it’s hard! It’s hard to compete with the Instagram profile of your best friend that has 10k+ followers, or the LinkedIn profile of your ex-boyfriend that has 500+ connections and a swanky job at a law firm. Being unique has become so mainstream that standing out is going to be like finding that $20 bill at the bottom of your Junk Drawer – nearly impossible, but will make your day when it happens.

I recently had a conversation with a colleague of my Mom the other day. She owns a marketing consulting business and we had a nice chat about the current state of my employment (which is jobless). I called her to learn a little more about what she does, and pick her brain about what I should do. She told me the usual stuff – how to get the most out of LinkedIn, how to use my Laurier Alumni network, you know the jist of it all. After all the advice she gave me though, she told me one thing that I don’t often hear - she told me that I need to be braver. She told me to make use of my energy, to accept rejection and grow and learn from it. I need to put my foot on the gas pedal, and don’t look back. So, here’s what’s happening. I, Molly, have made this blog. I’m not completely sure what I want to talk about quite yet, and I’m definitely not sure in what direction I'm going to take this blog. I do however, know that I have a massive inventory of things I’ve been thinking about the last three months in quarantine (and the last 22 years of my life) and hope that someone, even if it does just end up being my Mom and Dad, is excited to read this.