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  • Why Not?

    Why Not?

    Because sometimes, that’s all that matters. That you’re doing what you want to do. Precisely because of just that-because you want to do it.

  • 20, 100 and Everything in Between.

    20, 100 and Everything in Between.

    Being there for others shouldn’t mean going beyond what I am actually capable of.

  • The Letter to My 20-Year-Old Self

    The Letter to My 20-Year-Old Self

    I’d tell her to make her own plans and stick to them. Not to follow and go along with what everybody thinks is good for her. But to actually find that out for herself. To stop trying to maintain the good girl mask. The agreeable one. The obedient one. And start making her own choices.…

  • This For Now, That For Later

    This For Now, That For Later

    Moods, Music and Eminem I don’t have one. And the answer should really just end there. But I have a few more things to say. I know a lot of music. From everywhere. And it’s humbling to realize that what I know doesn’t even scratch the surface of what’s out there. I love finding ‘new’…

  • Not Gonna

    Not Gonna

    what if we stop trying to “solve” it? What if we just embrace the uncertainty, stare down the thing that scares us, and accept that the unknown is the only constant we have?

  • Work in Progress

    Work in Progress

    In a world that’s maybe rooting against you, you should be the last one to do that to yourself

  • Lower the Bar.

    Lower the Bar.

    A case for Bad Day Goals. I have no idea who, or where, or when I was told this. I was probably deep in a hole where getting out of bed felt like a personal achievement, so the advice probably annoyed the hell out of me. But they said that I should make ‘Bad Day…

  • Fearful.

    Fearful.

    Fear as a guide, and why I am keeping mine. Why would I? I used to think- and plenty of us still do- that fear and self -doubt are character flaws- weaknesses that need to be excised. That to be the “best version” of myself, to live a great life. Then I need to be…

  • Blame The Trailer

    Blame The Trailer

    Their entire aim is to draw you in. And once they get you, you’re either glad you bought the ticket, or spend the rest of the evening regretting the choice.

  • Just Dance

    Just Dance

    This whole business- breathing, reproducing, laughing, talking- it’s pure madness. We’ve just done it so many times that we’ve mistaken the repetition for normal.