HotMess Express by Kaylan

My name is Kaylan and I honestly have never written any sort of blog post before, but I thought I would give it a try. What could go wrong? I mean if no one reads it or relates to it at least I got my thoughts out for the time being. A little bit about me is that I’m 24, I’m a hard headed generous human that loves people. Actually I love everything, nature, animals, my bed etc. you get the point. I like to stay positive even though I seem to get out through the ringer and never ending beginning of bad luck streaks. BUT GUESS WHAT, I’m still alive and I’m still out here trying to make people happy. Because life is beautiful and it should be treated like a gift! In this blog you’ll be joining me on my journey of being a grade c writer and a lone-wolf that can’t stop traveling. I move around a lot, probably once a year, I’m in this whole “find myself” journey right now so that’s why I named this the HotMess Express. I don’t know how many people are out there that are like me, but I’d love to find them! This blog is for all the generous loving bright sided humans that continue to get the short end of the stick and turn it into something funny. So hop on the hotmess express and enjoy my daily and weekly experiences as a young woman alone in Southern California. ☮️😊

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