Postsecret

For those of you that don't already know "PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Select secrets are then posted on the PostSecret website, or used for PostSecret's books or museum exhibits." Thank You Wikipedia

I was first introduced to PostSecret about 2 years back by an old friend of mine; she lent me the first book in the series "PostSecret By. Frank Warren", which is available on Amazon, (Side-note, sorry Becky if you read this I will get your book back to you one day, I swear) TBH before reading I was abit sceptical, the idea of PostSecret itself seemed abit of a farce to me. I was expecting to be over loaded with childish antics and ridiculous "secrets". But to my delight I was astonished. The amount of pure emotion and raw feeling that the contributors put into every postcard. The number of heartbreaking pages, the occasional joke and the many cringes make it truly is the most authentic way of personal expression I have ever seen. The courage that goes into every postcard that gets sent is inspiring from the consciousness of ones own flaws too, in one case, an admittance of murder. the book will, unquestionably, have an effect on every reader.

And then it got me thinking... Do I have a secret? The only restrictions on the content of the secret are; that it must be completely truthful and more importantly MUST NEVER HAVE BEEN SHARED BEFORE! And thats the deal breaker, do I, in myself, think something deep down that I find too hard, dark, troubling or even embarrassing to share with anyone, even myself.

So one night I stayed up, got a 6 pack of . . . Red bull, a pen, a stack of paper, and a single black C4 sized piece of card. With the sole intention of finding my secret, making my postcard and joining the 1.7 million people that, prior to me at the time, had already become part of the Postsecret Community. The process itself was, let’s say, harder than anticipated. Unless you’re fully aware of it already, a secret is a hard thing to come by. In the end my personal PostSecret was something completely arbitrary but deep down it really meant something to me. And you know what. After I finally realised it, put it on a card, and sent it away, I really did feel better about myself.
I’ll be finishing this post of by showing you guys some examples of my favourite secrets that i’ve come across, one of them is also going to be my secret. And finally I’d like you, that is if ‘you’ even got this far and/or care to get involved, to send me a PostSecret of your own, do it anonymously in the comments down below, sent it me in an email () or for the more traditionalist out there send it by post ;
7 Acre Road
Great Sutton
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH66 3PN
Enjoy.

***EDIT*** My pictures kept glitching unfortunately so the secrets I posted have been removed

Life & Love

I’ve been single for over 18 months now and for the past 12 of them I’ve been, let's say, effectively trying to get back into a relationship. Ultimately (as the opening sentence gives away) to no prevail!!

It used to not bother me that much TBH, I'm young and I like having fun. But recently it’s started to get to me more, my best friend split with his girlfriend of 18 months and although she and I never saw eye to eye it’s still saddening to see him hurt.

So yer, lately (over the past few weeks) I’ve started to get down about being single, life’s felt abit shit and I’ve wanted someone there too lean on, someone that appreciates having me around.

I guess all I want is what anyone in this world wants, weather they care to admit it or not, and that’s to feel needed! I want to feel like my life truly affects someone else’s around me in a positive way. If I was gone would I truly be missed?

So a few weeks ago when I came across a girl that I genuinely liked straight off, a girl who seemed cute, funny, smart, geeky (She even liked Minecraft FGS) and most of all genuine. I didn’t message her, I stayed clear!! I've been shot down and felt so unwanted so often over these past 18 months that I didn’t have it in me to attempt to make contact with this girl, this girl that I liked, that seemed perfect for me, For the risk of more heart ache!!

BUT!!! Then I thought "fuck it, who cares, life’s about taking chances, it’s about going out on a limb, trying failing and trying again, it’s about falling in and out of love, being head over heels and heartbroken! These are the things that make us who we are, they define our character, they help us grow into adults and they carry us through life one step at a time! These are the things that truly make us human! Sure things can take a turn for the worse at some points and there’ll always be ups and downs along the way, but the juice is always... Always worth the squeeze!”

Inevitably she didn’t reply to my message anyway but at least I tried.

And I know I’d feel worse in myself if I hadn't taken the leap.