yours truly,

I am deeply saddened by the fact that I was not born into the era of love letters

they should invent a january that doesn’t make you go through every emotion known to mankind every day

i’m just like sisyphus except instead of rolling a boulder uphill i have to wash my hair

When someone you love offers a bid for connection, you say yes every time. When someone sends you an article, a video, a funny post, it’s a bid for connection. They are trying to connect with you. When someone shares details about their day, their life, their thoughts, or their feelings with you, that is a bid for connection. They want to connect with you on a deeper level. They are trying to pull you into their world. If you love them, you say yes every time. Yes, even if the article they send is not particularly interesting to you. Yes, even if it means listening to them ramble about a game you don’t care about and think is stupid. Yes yes yes. And let’s hope they always say yes to your bids, too.

I like the contrast between the softness of affection and the intensity of desire

pioneering something called "gritted teeth optimism" where everything is gonna turn out okay even if i have to bite and claw and gnash my way through it