The other day I was on a walk with my dog, which is as great a time for mental wandering as it is physical wandering, when something weird happened — I remembered a part of my life I had completely forgotten about.

I'm not talking about something that happened in a single day, and that naturally faded from memory. I'm talking about something I did almost every day for many months (maybe even a year), and had totally brushed to the back of some dusty corner of my mind.

Has this happened to you before? I wonder if it's a side effect of getting "older" (I still use that word lightly, since 30 doesn't quite count as old). It would make sense! The more experiences you acquire, the more there is to remember, which means older and seemingly unimportant stuff falls through the mental cracks.

Anyway, the thing I remembered was my tenure as a writer for one of those celebrity gossip websites.

To be fair, it was a bit more highbrow, and it dealt in more than just celebrities. There were articles about music and film and food and other "lifestyle" things.

My "beat" (if you can call it that) was relationships — analyzing celebrity breakups, giving advice, that kind of thing.

I'm not really surprised I forgot about this weird stint in my career — I mean, it didn't even pay, so obviously it wasn't all that memorable — but now it's got me thinking about the random, twisting path that led me to where I am.

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