you good?

the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

The great divide and wishbone deluxe coming out the same day is like depression barbenheimer

I cannot stress enough how important it is to do silly, frivolous things that serve no other purpose than making you happy.

Strolling aimlessly in a bookshop is self care

Having parents who aren't as bad as they used to be is crazy cause they'll be sitting there doing some normal shit and you're like kubrick staring at them

i like the phrases "it's not for me," "it's not my thing," and "i'm not the target audience" because they're the most concise way to express "this thing that you enjoy has merits but idgaf about it" without being aggressive

repeat to myself: the road to recovery is hard. relapses happen but they don't take away from the progress you've made!

sometimes, it's not so much about the romance as it is about the devotion. the adoration.