Articles by Emily Snedecor
By day, Emily is a preschool teacher in New York City. By night and weekend, she's an amateur cook, annoyed cat owner, doting girlfriend, photographer, bicycle rider, and adoring fan of the written word. She's not leading multiple lives, she just can't make up her mind about what she likes best.
We Choisters are living in the time of instant gratification - digital cameras, cars available to rent by the hour, chatting face to pixelated face with loved ones many miles away, books that magically appear on devices that fit conveniently in one’s purse. It seems like we can have everything, whenever we want it and however we want it. But what about how we feel? Can the same sort of instant gratification occur for our moods?
At some point in the past year, my brain assembled a mental wedding scrapbook and I can’t stop collecting images and ideas.
I know I will very likely get extremely and unbelievably bored if I spend the summer idle.
SEVEN?! OH NO! What could seven mean? What if I don’t end up with the man of my dreams? And what if I DO end up in a (gulp) SHACK?
Making decisions is complicated, especially when the choices seem endless. It’s twice as complicated when you throw someone else in the mix and then you have to make a choice together.
You see, I like to imagine what other people’s lives are like based on just a quick glimpse… After seeing these people and creating stories for them I begin to wonder what they see as they look at me.
When I walk away with a triumphant kick in my step and shopping bag in hand, I’m sifting through my brain for anything that will justify my spontaneous purchase.
