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I have literally waited my whole life for this 😊

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So here’s to bigger and better things 🍾🥂

The idea that someone is born (or is taught so young that it's indiscernible from birth) with an affinity or adeptitude for a skill is so fucking stupid to me. I barely even believe in IQ being genetic. I think that child prodigies are so boring. I don't give a shit about "talent"- it's boring to talk about & is impossible to validate & is discouraging. I spent so much of my life believing that things were out of reach for me (i.e.: dance) because I lacked "talent". Which is such a bullshit excuse & pattern of thinking. Show me someone who wants to learn. Who makes an effort of their own volition to show up. Who practices, invests in themselves, works HARD. Who struggles, and fails, and tries a-fucking-gain. You don't need "talent" for that shit. Fuck talent- you don't need it. You can do anything.

Mark passed his Master's thesis defense last Thursday and today got his letter of acceptance to the PhD program! And since ballet class went so well last night, at my private lesson tonight when my teacher asked what I wanted to work on I finally confessed that I wanted to work towards pointe 😬 and she was surprised & basically said that yes, we can work towards that & she thinks I can do it!! She gave me lots of homework and I'm SO EXCITED 💕