What My “Main Character Summer” Taught Me
Ask, and the universe will deliver
The thing is… I’ve never felt like the main character in my own life.
I’ve been the funny best friend, the weird and quirky side character, the manic pixie dream girl, but never the main character. Most of the time, though, I’ve felt like an NPC (Non-Playing Character).
I can’t help but think of Kate Winslet’s scene in The Holiday, where she says, “You’re supposed to be the leading lady of your own life, for god’s sake!”
This needs to change.
I wrote these words back in May, what seems like a lifetime ago, on the first steps of my journey to my “Main Character Summer.”
What I imagined was something like getting more into yoga, taking myself out to dinner, exploring interesting bookstores in the city, and going on more hikes.
The universe had something else in mind.
The story begins when “boy meets girl”…
