a very, very long dream

post-email aftercare like that was a great email and you seemed so normal

the main experience of being in my 20s has been standing in the middle of a grocery store & checking my notes app grocery list

Does free will exist?

yeah

me, holding my newborn child: what are its stats??

It doesn’t happen like that. You don’t just wake up one day and find that everything has worked itself out. You must get out of bed, morning after morning, and make a conscious effort to control the circumstances of that given day. You must learn to handle your issues with grace because you respect what they are attempting to teach you. You must drown your insecurities slowly, one self-realization at a time. You must allow yourself to feel the fear bubbling just beneath your skin but you must never allow it the satisfaction of crippling you; grit your teeth and march on. You see, they never tell you how hard these things will be. This fight to reclaim yourself is not easy or straightforward but, my god, is it necessary.