This is going to be my last note to you. The snow is starting to melt in New England (I finally saw some mud yesterday!) and our motley group of bloggers is moving on to other pastures. As everyone else has already said, we hope that you've learned something from this exercise; we have definitely learned a lot from this experience.
Personally, I've learned that blogging is hard work. Thinking up something creative, interesting and relatable to write about at least once a week isn't a cakewalk; there were definitely days when I just sat in front of my laptop, waiting for inspiration to strike because I didn't have something to pull out of my hat.
More importantly, I've gained a greater appreciation for the myriad pressures — and, as some of our posts have demonstrated, inspiration — that young women today find in the media. I'm not much older than some of you, but I have to say, back in my day we didn't have 24/7 access to social media... and it's been really interesting to see how the ubiquity of media today has changed the teenage and preteen experience.
I'm going to sign off with one of my favorite quotes, which my middle school teachers put in every student's yearbook the year that I finished the eighth grade. It is truly advice to live by:
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
-Polonius to Laertes, Hamlet
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