Arlo Julian

youknow when kittens meow and their eyes get a bit smaller cos theur faces r so little they cant have their mouth and eyes all the way open at the same time I think about it so muxh

This is dark academia *turns off all the lights and goes to sleep at 1:37 pm*

fuck it. be creative even if you never really *make* anything. write out plot synopses of stories and then move on. design OCs you'll never use. make mood boards and concept art and don't do anything with them. life's too short to forget everything that inspired you and creation doesn't have to be "complete" to be worth the time you put into it.

an author i love just tweeted about how “big joy and small joy are the same” and how she was just as content the other night eating chocolate and cuddling her dog as she was on her Big Trip to new york and honestly. i think that’s it. this morning i was listening to an audiobook while baking shortbread in my joggers and i realised i really didn’t care what Big Things happened in my future as long as i could keep baking and reading at the weekend and maybe that is the kind of bar we have to set to guard ourselves against disappointment. just appreciate and cherish the mundane stuff and see everything else as a bonus.

found it - she was replying to this thread that starts “unpopular opinion: i don’t think your life has to have a purpose, or you a grand ambition; i think it’s okay to just wander through life finding interesting things until you die” and i for one think that’s fucking brilliant

If you save happiness for only the big important moments, you won’t have a very happy life, but if you allow happiness to happen from even the smallest things, your life will be full of happiness

I once felt almost guilty for wanting a quiet, serene life full of those small joys, because of how society and social media advertises the contrary, and how people often saw my aspiration as a reflection of my supposed fear of the Grand. But now that I have realised that my ability to romanticise and love those small joys is one of the qualities I like most in myself, I feel more confident in my reasonable ambitions then ever. (I still have ambitions, just not to like, see the whole world or become famous or anything close to that- though these are valid aspirations if that’s truly what you strive for, of course)

fall in love with someone who wants you, who waits for you, who understands you even in the madness, someone who helps you, and guides you, someone who is your support, and your hope. fall in love with someones who talks with you after a fight. fall in love with someone who misses you and wants to be with you. do not fall in love only with a body or a face or with the idea of being in love.

FUCK holding hands for romantic purposes. hold my hand while walking on an icy sidewalk so if one of us slips we both eat shit

Sir please thats my emotional support stack of books that i havent read

“my child is fine” your child has been listening to achilles come down for weeks on end