Welcome to the After Hours Club
I have taken several personality tests in my life, and the results have pretty much confirmed what I have already known…Shockingly, I’m sensitive and introspective. Who would have thought that would be the case for someone who has created an entire business around the fact that she loved to shop and learn about watches with her dad?
After completing the Meyers Briggs test I was crowned “The Mediator” and according to the Enneagram I am “The Loyalist.” While these titles offer a glimpse into who I am, if I were to craft a more personal label to describe myself it would be-The Sentimentalist. Everything that is within my possession that I truly love is cherished because I have attributed some moment, feeling, or sentiment to it. Some may deem this materialistic, but I have always loved being able to possess something tangible that transports me back to a significant time or place.
This sentimentality extends to my love of writing and storytelling. These are inherited traits and passions that come from two people I hold dear in my heart. My nana, the writer whose words and opinions are numerous. And my mother, the storyteller who never simply read stories to me as a little girl, but wove them anew as she shared with me the ones that lived inside her mind that would develop and unfold in the moment as she told them. These characteristics now continue to evolve into this blog.
One thing you may not know about me is that I am a recent graduate school dropout…which is why I now have all of this time on my hands. This time, however, is a gift that has allowed me to pursue little passion projects such as Eternal Heritage and this blog. During my time in both undergrad and graduate school I spent most of my waking hours brainstorming what I wanted to write for my upcoming essays, but without fail, my words always came to me in the most creative and coherent form as soon as I was finally settling in for bed. Which is how the name “The After Hours Club” has come to be. A catalog for all of my ideas and thoughts that always seem to pull me from my sleep. In here, I will explore the legacies that shape me—and others—and the ways in which heritage is passed down. Not just through objects, but through passions and stories that endure throughout time. As well as my little weekly R.E.P.O.R.T.S.
The nice thing about having no specific end goal for what I want this blog to become, is that the possibilities are endless when there are no limitations.
With just a sprinkle of perfectionism and self-doubt that has kept me from my love of writing for far too long, I now welcome you to The After Hours Club.
P.S. Since you’re already here…go buy a watch;)
