The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
Hello, my name is Lauren and I am a reader of My Life Is Average aka a MLIAer and this is my story.
When I first started reading MLIA I really thought I could control it. I knew some people got sucked in but I told myself that would never happen to me. At first, I only visited the sight occasionally; I knew I could count on it to make me chuckle and feel good. I enjoyed the stories of ninja and harry potter to funny realization and encounters. MLIA gave me a place I felt accepted and I could release my inner child.
Then things took a turn. Reading MLIA became a daily occurrence. I still thought I had it under control but then I started reading MLIA as soon as I got home, before I went to bed, I even read it at school. It started taking over my life. I wasn’t just reading MLIA I was living it. I would find average moments in my own life that no one else would see. I started playing with nerf guns, looking for Waldo, and coming up with witty jokes I could say. I even started voting on submissions and rating and commenting posts. Soon it wasn’t just the posts that started with “Today” and ended with “MLIA” it was my life. It was then I realized I had lost control. I was ashamed. I started denying it and became a closet reader but this admission has made me realize one thing.
I don’t have a problem. I use to have a life but now I have a more interesting more average life and I like it that way. I am proud to be a Mailer. I will continue. If you don’t know what MLIA is, then let me be the one to introduce you to an average place. You will thank me in the end.
Today, I realized the ice cream flavor "death by chocolate" must not be as witty to someone with a chocolate allergy. MLIA.
Today, my boss passed me in the hall at work and asked me "Do you have a sec?". I was trying to be flippant and replied "I have tons of secs". We both pretended I didn't say that. MLIA
Today, my body wash bottle, it whistled. It sounded like when you whistle at an attractive person. It was awkward, because I was naked. MLIA
Today, I got a 52 pack of colouring pencils. I also got a new pencil case for them. When I got home I was going to put them in until i realised that the pencil case wasn't long enough for the pencils. I spent my afternoon sharpening 52 pencils so that they could fit in the pencil case. MLIA
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