it was cool at the time

There are a few lessons in all 20-something of my failed auditions. I had to learn that the easy way is probably easy because you’re going downhill.

Somehow, for every five BuzzFeed quiz results that are comically off, there will be one result that fits you a little too well.

If you’ve ever had to talk to me for more than 10 seconds, I’ve probably mentioned that I’m on an improv comedy team.

Because I wasn’t immediately learning what I wanted to play, I wasn’t interested. I didn’t pay attention at all for the first two months of lessons. Apparently, during that period he taught me how to read music, and I missed all of it.

For a long time, I thought my tendency to come off as incredibly confident despite being so shy meant that I was being fake or inauthentic.

“Marley & Me,” “Where the Red Fern Grows,” “A Dog’s Purpose” and “My Dog Skip” make up a genre based on a simple but emotionally powerful idea: dogs make us better people, and then we lose them.

My early teen years were an era of gloriously bold fashion choices. Many of these I’m certain to regret, but some of which I’ll sorely miss.