Kristine Joy, Writer

To Whom It May Concern and FWIW,*

• Given the fact that my husband was insistent on having a new rack in his life, I needed for the new rack to be this new rack:

• I needed not to have paid $30 to be able to access content on a licensure website that I paid $350 to access in the first place. Who would have guessed that they’d limit my access to 3 months?!?
  • Seems they took a page out of the IRS manual because I needed to file for a one month extension and each one month extension costs money.

#readthefineprint fool 🙋‍♀️

• I needed for my daughter to receive a package from Mary Kay💄 in the mail and whip out her (might as well be a switchblade) knife to open it.

• After several attempts to line-up boating with my daughter, her friends and the grandparents (on their boat!), I needed for this to have been phrased in a way that didn’t raise my eyebrows on one front and confuse me on another:

Text from the boyfriend, “Hey, would you guys like to go boating tomorrow (not said; 18 hours from now)? My brother and I are free because my parents are going to (insert theme park) without us.”

#kidsthesedays #parentsthesedays=youngatheart? 🤷‍♀️👏

Luckily, we 💖 the boyfriend and took zero offense to his time crunched expectations of us / Grandpa!

• I needed for the Zwift course that I choose, Wandering Flats, to not have immediately gone from a “Pedal Assist” start to an 11% grade – Steeper than 🍵 Itself!
  • Jeesh, if I had wanted that, I would have been steppin’ out my front door (written to the tune of CCR) and biked up my own d@mn hill!
  • And excuse my obviously wrong thinking, but what part of “Flats” does the course designer not understand?!?

• I needed not to have traveled this path physically and emotionally over the course of an hour….

Superhuman -> Human -> Underperforming Human

• 2.5 years after purchasing a new Toyota 4-Runner, I needed to have removed the seat covers that were put on for hauling teenagers around town, and on camping trips out West. How’s this for brand spanking new #backinblack?!? 😲

• And I needed to know that we were cool enough, on point with the trend, for Toyota to mimic our “His and Hers” garage in their commercial:

• I needed for 6 months of dedicated lifting and lifestyle to pay off in the following way:

• But, I didn’t need for the next 6 months to be to the tune of the Cha Cha Slide lyrics / the result of pressing this button (and seemingly holding it down):

• If you’re thinking, “I need to know how she did it in the first place because I’m not susceptible to a reversal,” see this post (coming ASAP).

• I need to 👀 Prevent Defense actually prevent offense and/or find a Suggestion Box and suggest they re-name Prevent Defense:

Allow Touchdown Defense

I appreciate your readership. I need the validation as writer; if there is a like or heart icon for you to depress, I’d most appreciate the support!

Sincerely,

K.J. Sculling

* The content is presented as “needs”, and some of them may front a harsh reality that evoke strong emotions. Others are expressed in pure jest to entertain myself (and maybe you?!?). Ultimately, the notion that we all live in a more idyllic world is at the core and not actual need. Life can be tough; regardless of your own circumstances, please keep up the fight because life can also be grand! The idea of ‘I Need…’ stemmed from my thought process while sitting at a red light listening to the song, Alright by Darius Rucker, on the radio (you can read the original ‘Idealist’ post here and all ‘Idealist’ posts here). If you’re inspired to submit your own ‘Idealist’ “needs” for future reader write-in posts, I’d love to hear from you via this form.