Alright, so that's kind of the point of why I'm writing today, is that May twenty-seventh marks three years of the blog! Thanks to the newcomers and shoutout to you guys that have been reading this thing from the beginning, because dang did I suck at writing when I was thirteen. Thanks for watching me progress and go from producing trash to at least producing decency.
For this year's It's an Adventure! Day post, I thought I would tell you guys what "It's an Adventure!" actually means. Because yes, it does have some significance to it.
Most of you know that the blog is based off of a love of literature. Originally, the only posts I ever made were literary comments and analysis. Those are still things I like to write. But that was the entire idea of the blog when it was created. I love writing, and back in the day blog posts that weren't on Tumblr were still borderline existant, even though I was probably the last to join the party. So my mom encouraged me to make a blog; I could write about books and such, all the random things that my family had to deal with hearing all day. We spent a lot of time the day we made it trying to figure out what we should call it. I guess nothing was working for me. But I believe it was my mom who said "It's an Adventure!", and I knew right away that that was the perfect name for this beautiful creation.
Why? "It's an adventure!" was something I would always say back then. The idea of the phrase was that we had to make everything like an adventure in a book. If something was even borderline dangerous or anywhere near unusual, I would yell, "It's an adventure!" and proceed to encourage everyone to go with the unordinary option. My blog being about literature, "It's an Adventure!" seemed the most fitting title, as concept was to make literature and life the same thing.
Over the years that phrase has died out. For years I didn't even say it at all; I've picked it back up from time to time now, but I bet that most of my friends have never even heard me say that. "It's an Adventure!" became more of a concept than a phrase. It stayed alive in my first game of capture the flag, when I felt like I was in a Percy Jackson book at Camp Half-Blood. And in times where I had to "sneak" into my sister's work and pretended I was a Gallagher Girl on a mission. But that's the thing, guys. I didn't really have to sneak at all. I just had to step in and talk to her at the front door where she worked; I guess the only risk was she couldn't look like she was talking to family? It was not dangerous. It was not a spy mission. Yet it was at the same time, because literature has blessed my life enough to make me believe that life is a whole lot better and harder and more beautiful than a good number of people in this world think it is. "It's an Adventure!" is the reason every day is great. It means that life is exciting, but that's only true if we make it that way. It's only true if we live like we're the hero of the story.
Thank you for supporting the blog. Writing is the reason I am alive. And writing means a lot more to me than just puttinh words on a page. But I guess that's a story for another time.
I love you all so very much!
--Lizzo
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Over the years that phrase has died out. For years I didn't even say it at all; I've picked it back up from time to time now, but I bet that most of my friends have never even heard me say that. "It's an Adventure!" became more of a concept than a phrase. It stayed alive in my first game of capture the flag, when I felt like I was in a Percy Jackson book at Camp Half-Blood. And in times where I had to "sneak" into my sister's work and pretended I was a Gallagher Girl on a mission. But that's the thing, guys. I didn't really have to sneak at all. I just had to step in and talk to her at the front door where she worked; I guess the only risk was she couldn't look like she was talking to family? It was not dangerous. It was not a spy mission. Yet it was at the same time, because literature has blessed my life enough to make me believe that life is a whole lot better and harder and more beautiful than a good number of people in this world think it is. "It's an Adventure!" is the reason every day is great. It means that life is exciting, but that's only true if we make it that way. It's only true if we live like we're the hero of the story.
Thank you for supporting the blog. Writing is the reason I am alive. And writing means a lot more to me than just puttinh words on a page. But I guess that's a story for another time.
I love you all so very much!
--Lizzo
Follow the blog on Facebook: It's an Adventure
Instagram: @itsanadventur
Twitter: @Itsanadventur
