The Fangirl Life by Kathleen Smith

Author:Kathleen Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-06-10T11:15:41+00:00

Imaginative Adulting

Good news! The very same skills you use to write fic are the ones that you need to do some extreme adulting. We’ve gathered some pretty handy tools so far in our story. You have some science/knowledge about how your brain works and a good code to live by thanks to the female powerhouses in fiction. But now you need to kick-start the vehicle that can actually take you from point A to point Adult: your imagination. Even if you’re a fangirl, part of becoming an adult includes sometimes setting aside random whims of fantasy and focusing on the task ahead. I like to think of it as a sort of un-Peter-Panning of yourself. Who has time for nonsense when there’s a job to be done? *random adult grumbles* But that doesn’t mean you let your imaginative muscles atrophy.

To really get what I’m saying, I’d like for you to take a minute and think about what would happen if a five-year-old showed up with a tiny briefcase at any adult job. How would she operate differently in that environment? Perhaps she’d have impromptu dance parties in the conference room. Maybe she’d suggest Laser Dragons as a reasonable solution to defeating your competitors. There’d probably be a lot more naps, and who needs HR when you can hire an imaginary friend, right? At first glance, hiring a tiny human would be an absolute disaster. But if you look closely, you’ll find that there is some wisdom to the five-year-old way of life.

Transitioning to adulthood isn’t just about increasing your knowledge. We are also taught to alter our behaviors. Suddenly we look at the crowd, and we become self-conscious if we deviate from the course set out for us. You probably care a lot more about what other people think than a five-year-old does, so that’s why you don’t burst into tears and flop about on the floor in the middle of a big meeting. While this is an important skill, sometimes we begin to filter our words and actions too much based on what the group says. We shy away from challenges or thinking outside the box. “What will people say?” is a question I ask myself way more often than I should.

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