fixedpatrick

You think you're an introvert because you like being alone, but maybe it's not about solitude. Maybe it's about peace. Maybe it's the quiet you've fought so hard to protect. Maybe it's the safety of your own company, after being around too many people who made you feel like too much or not enough. You smile differently around people who bring you calm. You speak more. You laugh louder. You come alive in rooms where your soul doesn't shrink. You're not afraid of connection. You're just tired of surviving it. So don't confuse your boundaries with isolation. Don't confuse your quiet with disinterest. You're not closed off. You're just waiting for someone who feels like home, not a battlefield.

anybody else ever think about how fucked up the phrase “earn a living” is? like that’s how we talk about working. we have to “earn a living” doing something. our life has to be earned through the sale of our time and energy. our existence (and only that! nothing more!) has to be earned by offering it up as a commodity. capitalism fuckin blows dude