{"id":15,"date":"2025-07-01T11:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshitshowblog.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T05:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T05:14:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theshitshowblog.com\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udda4 About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>No sugarcoating shit. No apologies. Just real life.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey, I\u2019m <strong>Charly<\/strong> \u2014 full-time mom, full-time college student, full-time chaos coordinator. I\u2019ve been divorced (twice), disappointed more times than I can count, and gaslit so hard I needed a flashlight. ADHD? Yup. Trauma? Absolutely. Anxiety? She\u2019s in the group chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But somehow, I\u2019m still standing \u2014 and now I\u2019m telling my story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t a lifestyle blog.<br>This is a survival journal. A place to vent, unravel, laugh, cry, and maybe overshare a little too loudly on the internet. And if someone out there reads it and thinks \u201cHoly hell, same\u201d? That\u2019s a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcac Why I Started This Blog<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I created this blog because my <strong>ADHD brain never shuts up<\/strong>.<br>The only time I\u2019ve ever felt any real relief from all the chaos was when I was journaling \u2014 usually in the middle of the night, writing messages to myself when I should\u2019ve been asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I figured\u2026 why not just blog it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If writing helps me quiet the noise, maybe it can help someone else feel seen in their own mess too.<br>And believe me \u2014 I\u2019ve lived enough for a book or two (maybe three).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this chapter?<br>This one\u2019s about <strong>healing and letting go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udde0 A Few Things You Should Know:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u2019m not your average \u201chottie tottie\u201d soccer mom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019ve got ADHD, trauma, and a whole lot of sarcasm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019m back in school (for the third time) and <em>determined<\/em> to graduate this time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I call out red flags like a carnival barker now.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I overshare, overthink, and sometimes cry in my car like it\u2019s a music video.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you\u2019re into brutally honest stories, middle-of-the-night thoughts, and emotional laundry aired out with zero shame\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Welcome to my chaos. I\u2019m not fixing it \u2014 I\u2019m writing through it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Uncovering one dirty load of laundry at a time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 <em>Charly, Shit Show Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background\" id=\"about\" style=\"border-top-width:1px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1aa40bbb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2aabe216 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No sugarcoating shit. 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