Introduction

Welcome to Bleeding Hearts and allow me introduce myself. My name is Jessica, I am your typical grew-up-back-east-and-moved-to-the-west-coast type of girl. I tend to be incredibly observant, to the point where it is almost detrimental to my day-to-day life, but also provides a much needed break sometimes from all of the thoughts inside my head. I went to school outside of Chicago in the lovely town of Evanston, IL and eventually made my way out to the "Left Coast" where I have lived for almost 3 years now. Living in a metropolis such as LA can be tough at times, especially in the dating department. A lot of my friends have loved and lost, and moved on to the next. Rinse and repeat. Lately, I have found myself giving a tremendous amount of advice to some of my best friends and they have inspired me to start writing about it. I named this blog "Bleeding Hearts" because I thought not only does that title representative of the general topic of what i will be writing about, but also one of my favorite flowers as a child were my mother's bleeding hearts that bloomed on one side of her impressive summer garden.

This is somewhat of an experiment for me, I have never "blogged" before and although I am in my 20's, the concept is still foreign to me. At first, will be recounting some past "advice sessions" and probably filling the empty space with delectable morsels stolen from my inner monologue. Eventually, I am hoping to have outside participation and provide advice for others; friends, family, strangers, whoever! In the meantime, this is my venue for reflection and also to perhaps remember the advice I have given others. Let's be honest... although I may be able to give good advice, it is always quite difficult for me to take my own. So I am hoping that I can also look back on these situations in the future for those moments where I forget to do things like trust my own instincts or talk myself into thinking a relationship is working, when in fact, it is not.

So, please enjoy, let me know if you have any questions and let's see where this journey takes us!