User blog comment:Cheesesteak47/Applications for my Second Season, Survivor: Mauritius!/@comment-27429004-20170917232517

Name (Age): Elizabeth "Liz" Harley (24)

​Current Residence: Cheyenne, WY

​Personal Claim to Fame: I have grown in an impoverished community my entire life, and I am must say I am proud of myself for standing on my own two feet and living on my own. I used to live on the streets for most of my childhood, since my family went bankrupt when I was four. I mostly did odd jobs to get to where I am today, and each of every one of them I HATED. Luckily, I had enough to buy my own cheap-ass apartment, so at least all that work paid off, and my studies which got me into the best college in the state.

​Inspiration in Life: Jeannette Walls. I'm a fan of literature, and I was fascinated by her story, The Glass Castle, from being raised by a dysfunctional family with only a piggy bank's worth of money. To escape all the horrors and dysfunction, she moved to New York, and is now very successful because of her novel. Sure, I have not done anything ambitious in my life, but damn was she a person to look up to when I was at the end of my teenage years.

​Hobbies: Reading novels, creative writing, drinking coffee, and hiking in the mountains since I like to be zen during the most stressful situations. Hikes are a good stress reliever.

​Pet Peeves: Anyone who pontificates for hours and hours at a time in a very brash manner would definitely hit number one on my "These People Need to Go to Hell List". I don't care if you do not like marriage or god, I appreciate other people's beliefs, just please shut up and don't continue rambling on about it!

​Three words to Describe You: Quiet, bright, and cunning.

​​SURVIVOR contestant you are most like: I see walking myself in Kim Spradlin's shoes, despite lacking the competitive ability. She maintained solid social relationships, like I have, and committed to the people who she thought would support her all the way to the end. I commit to trusting my family back at home, since I was distant as a child. But now I've learned to make solid relationships, and I hope to utilize it here.

​Reason for Being on SURVIVOR​: My motivation is to win the million. It would mean such to both me and my family if I came home with more money that they have made in twenty years! Being wealthy has its perks, but I believe my family needs it the most!

​Why you think you'll "survive" SURVIVOR: Living in the streets will definitely come in handy when it comes to the most important aspects in SURVIVOR. I have learned making fire, fostering relationships, and ultimately surviving what it takes to be living homeless for such a long period of time. I can't imagine myself crying or breaking down mentally, that was in the past. I've grown to become a strong-willed woman, I am capable of doing stuff like this.

