SADE

it’s so funny to me how every time people try to share theirs, they hesitate, get nervous.

they second-guess. they lighten it up. they start saying, “well, i wouldn’t call it an addiction…” “well, I’m not addicted, but…”

obviously we’re not talking about real addiction.

so the question becomes: why does the word make you check yourself?

we only do that because “addiction” has been locked in this negative corner of our minds.

when you take that same word & drop it into everyday life, it forces you to actually look at yourself.

you start thinking.. this thing i love sm, this thing i do without even noticing… why am i suddenly defending it? why am i trying to label it? What is it about your interests, routines, that makes you want to clarify, distance yourself, explain?

for me, im an “AVID cinephile and a pop culture connoisseur. “

- wise words of ISSA RAE

they’re patterns. influences. the things that shape how i think, create, & interact with the world.

so when i say accepted addictions, im really talking about the things we gravitate toward so naturally that we don’t question their impact — until someone frames them in a way that makes us look twice. they connect, they overlap, they explain pieces of who I am.

the moment you recognize that the things you love so intensely, the things you pour yourself into, are actually shaping you in ways you never stopped to notice.

What’s Your Accepted Addiction?