We're All Just Collecting Lore 💁‍♀️

A few years ago, if something embarrassing happened, it was just... embarrassing.
Now?
It's apparently "part of my lore."

I don't know exactly when we all started talking this way, but somewhere along the internet's evolution, our lives became stories we are narrating in real time.

A bad haircut isn't just a bad haircut. It's character development.
A terrible date isn't just disappointing. It's a canon event.
An impulsive decision becomes a plot twist.

And honestly? I love it.

Not just because it makes life feel less serious, but because it reminds me that life is constantly changing. The things that feel huge right now often become funny stories later.

My nostalgic heart needs stories to turn into anecdotes I can tell the new people I meet at age 40.

Maybe that's why this language caught on.
It gives us distance from our own disasters.
It lets us zoom out.
Instead of seeing a bad day as proof that everything is falling apart, we get to see it as one scene in a much bigger story.

Of course, real life isn't a movie. There are moments that can't be wrapped up with a scene cut.
But it's comforting to remember that we're always becoming.
Always collecting stories.
Always adding to the plot.

And for all my attempts to predict the plot, my writers still manage to surprise me.
And I couldn't be happier about it.

Tell me about your life's biggest "lore" or "canon event" 💌