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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
What is something you're passionate about?
We all have our "thing." What is the thing that you're passionate about? Saving money? God/your religion? Particular political groups? Gay marriage? Pro-choice/pro-life? Healthy eating? Fitness? Home decorating?
Re: What is something you're passionate about?
Accounting, lol.
I'm passionate about civil rights in general (LGBT, women's rights, ethnic minority rights, etc.) I had the very best sociology/government teacher in high school and he was always challenging us (kindly) to examine our own prejudices and take it back to the level of the law. In his classroom, "Because I feel like it" or "Because that's what my parents/pastor/fortune teller told me" was never a good enough reason to deny someone rights. He was always happy to accept our answers IF we defended them legally. That said, there aren't many constitutional defenses for discrimination.
Funny... I was just updating my LinkedIn profile earlier, and I had to examine this side of myself a bit for the volunteering section.
Animal welfare is my big one.
my bookshelf!
Bloggy
Animal welfare, civil rights equality, education, pro-choice legislation.
And food.
Here's a quick list (non-exhaustive, in no particular order):
Discovering/sharing great music
Burt's Bees (it's an addiction)
Educating fellow Oklahomans on what it means to be atheist/agnostic
Grammar/spelling
My marriage
Being a good stepmom
Discovering what I'm good at (I'm still not sure)
Uh...sports.
And, of course, JJ [and little bean on the way], and making the best decisions on their behalf. And the education system - I've become more passionate about that since I started working in higher ed and had kids.
My faith, although I'm not very outspoken about it
Education, and not just in terms of my career in public education.
Personal responsibility
Enjoying food as a knowledgeable consumer
Marriage/kids
Infertility awareness
Being an educated patient
Travel, more specifically hiking trips- I'm trying to visit as many national parks/monuments/memorials as I can
Fitness
Politics, particularly where it regards legislating personal moral beliefs on other people with no objective facts behind it