MeganDawn_Writes as MystikCeleste

Have you ever felt like somewhere is just too small for you? Like your personality or your being is just too big for where you are? This is how I feel about Carroll. People in my life keep trying to convince me that I should stay here. And I appreciate that they don't want me to go - well most of them, anyway.  Here's the truth of it, though. I've never felt like I can truly be me, here. This town is notorious for wanting to label people, wanting everyone to fit in their identical little redneck, conservative box. But that has never been me.  Even as a child, I resisted being labeled. I remember saying - many times - that I don't do labels. I never belonged to any of the cliques - though I did talk to people in each one. I was the weird girl that was funny, a bit crazy, a bit mysterious, and kind of scary - apparently. That last one still makes me chuckle.  I was the girl with the deliberately mismatched socks and earrings, who wore her hair long on one side and beaded ...

  Social Media is not a media. The key is to listen, engage, and build relationships. - David Alston, Author  Social Media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage. - Amy Jo Martin, Author Social Media creates communities, not markets. - Don Schultz, Marketing Pioneer I've talked about the down side of Social Media. So, let's talk about the up side of it. Which is not a subject many people discuss, anymore.  Now, let's take celebrities and all the stuff they have to deal with out of the equation. We have discussed this, already, and the situations are different for them in so many ways. Let's focus this conversation on regular people. For us, like most things, social media is a matter of perception. We can choose to view it as a negative or a positive.  The negative stigma of social media has really taken hold.  I often hear people criticizing social media posts. There is so much judgment about people posting about t...