About Me

About Me

Lauren Kinghorn

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I believe writing is the easiest when it is focused on giving your own point of view, but to write about one’s self, I believe, is incredibly challenging. Where do you begin? Where do you end? What do you say about yourself that doesn’t come across as arrogant or self-deprecating? Our views of ourselves are almost always inevitably skewed by our own twisted self-loathing insecurities or our inflated egos.  Finding the balance between these two can be increasingly challenging. But I always try. So in writing this how do I give you a fair view of myself?

I am extremely indecisive, which is part of what makes writing about myself so hard, what do I choose to say? What to include? What to leave out?  Choosing, for me, is one of the most difficult things. Even a choice as simple as what movie to watch becomes difficult. I will sit in front of the shelf of movies and stare endlessly my brain kicks in: What am I in the mood for? Comedy? Chick Flick? Action Movie? What if Marcy comes home, will she want to watch this? I know she watched it recently so probably not. This leads to a lot of frustration with many of my friends because my answer is always “I don’t care, you choose”.

Having said that, I think the things that represent me the best are my tattoos. Because I am so indecisive narrowing down a symbol that will last on my skin a lifetime was an extremely difficult choice. However, I am proud of them and feel that they support who I am and what I stand for. One is a Maori tribal manta ray that essentially means flow through life, take time to enjoy the world around you and don’t take life to seriously. I have another that says Hakuna Matata – it means no worries. I am a huge believer in the universe and karma, when you put positivity out into the world and do good, good things will come back around to you. This is me in a nutshell. I try extremely hard to not hold onto things I can’t control and to make sure the people I care about are enjoying life as much as I am. I do things in my own way, make my own mistakes, am grateful for the life lessons I have learned and apply them as best I can to maintain an appreciation for everything around me.