Do You Have Main Character Syndrome?
On 5/6/21 at 12:39 PM EDT You have to start romanticizing your life, TikToker Ashley Ward urges in her most popular video, her lo-fi voice resembling a protagonist in an indie coming-of-age movie.
She warns: You have to start thinking of yourself as the main character, because if you don t, life will continue to pass you by.
Depending on who you ask, the video is symptomatic of the best, or worst features, of a state of mind known as main character syndrome. Viewed over three million times on TikTok and carrying the hashtag main character, it shows her reclining slowly on a towel at the beach and putting on a pair of sunglasses as the world rushes on around her.
February 24, 2021
A free COVID-19 mask giveaway is planned for later this week in Howell.
The Area Agency on Aging 1-B will be holding a drive-up facemask distribution event from noon to 2pm this Friday, February 26th at the Howell Senior Center, 925 W. Grand River Avenue. The agency has approximately 2,000 KN95 masks to give away at the event, which will be available to those 60 and older. Communications Manager Kathleen Yanik tells WHMI that family members may also pick up masks on behalf of an older loved one. People can receive two masks per person in their household, up to a total of ten.