about me – Anna Down South

I haven’t written a post introducing myself in well over a year. Most my posts include little details about me, but few of them show the big picture. It’s a hard task, because there is a lot to me. Here are some lightning facts:

I started riding horses in third grade. I finally got my own at 14. I named him D’Artagnan. It’s pronounced Dar-tan-yon. It’s from The Three Musketeers.
I got bit by a horsefly and came down with Lyme Disease immediately after my college graduation. At least I didn’t have to drop out!
I majored in my learning disability! I’m super dyslexic and dysgraphic and I majored in English. As they say, if there’s a will there’s a way!
I barrel raced all through my childhood, but stopped when I got busy with college, I’m going to try to start again this spring. I’ve missed it.
I’m a writer a heart. I once thought that a Youtube channel would have better reach than this blog, the the truth is I’m not a graceful speaker. I’ve always loved words and spilling my thoughts the old fashion way.
I was bullied to attempted suicide in 8th grade and was diagnosed with bipolar at the age of 6, both of these things have to do with my love for exploring mental illness and restoring mental health.
I’m a Christian. I was raised one, but I lost my way in the teens, college brought me back to having a healthy relationship with God. I’ve been working hard to keep it since then.
I’m a Marketing Specialist at my day job. It’s my only job actually, it just happens to be during the day.
I write novels in my spare time. Mostly fantasy, but I dabble in everything. I have thought about trying to get one published, but I’m in no rush to pursue it.
I was raised in a very loving household and still aspire to be my mother when I’m older. I know that my parents are where all my morals come from, even as they’ve shifted and grown as I’ve gotten older.
Not to be a typical millennial but I met the love of my life on Tinder when I was 23. He had Lyme too, oddly enough. His is in remission though.
I was born, raised, and educated in North Carolina. I’ve traveled a fair bit, but it hasn’t changed the fact that this is home. I always end up wanted to come back.

I think that’s enough to a least get a better grip on who is behind this blog. The Anna to the Down South. Tell me a little about yourself in the comments! I’d like to know you too.

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I’ve gotten some new faces around here in the last two months so I thought I would do a little introduction! I have an about me page, but there is always more to the story. I feel like this blog does a very good job at capturing parts of my mind, but I feel like some details are lost in translation.

So may I start with my hobbies?

I love art but I’m not very good at it, so I went the less traditional route and took up photography and graphic design. I minored in photography in college and I spent all four years working for the graphic/layout department of my campus newspaper.
I’m a writer above all else. I mean that word in a few different ways. I love the type of writing I get to do for blog posts and articles, but I first fell in love with words when I started writing my first novel. During high school I wrote five novels, they all read like a high schooler wrote them, but everyone’s got to start somewhere. I am currently working on three manuscripts right now, one that I’m really set on trying to get published.
As you probably know by my publications category, I’m a big reader. I started really reading heavily in middle school after a childhood of doing everything I could not to read. Looking back at it I can see that it was the first step in becoming a writer.
Oh, and the horse, of course. If you’ve been here a while you know D’Artagnan’s beautiful face. I’ve been riding for over sixteen years now and owned my boy for all eight of his years here on earth. We qualified a few times for Barrel Racing World Finals but very rarely race anymore. Now we’re just training and trail riding.

Now for some more side facts. I’m a twenty-two year old single woman who is about to start looking for a job again. I graduated Guilford College in May 2016 then got sick for a year with Lyme. I’m going to be writing a blog post about my career goals soon, so keep a look out for that. In addition to the horse I have two kittens named Denim and Linen. I love animals and children. My favorite type of food is Italian and I’d happily live off pasta alone for the rest of my life. I live in North Carolina and I’m a Christian. I’m a very loud person who likes to talk an awful lot. I’ve never been one to keep secrets and I’m about as open of a book as you will find.

If there is anything else you want to know just ask! Also, I would love it if I got a little information about some of you I don’t know very well. I think one of the great things about online spaces is the community you can build.