out with lanterns

Ok*reduces you to a simmer* go rest for a while

(me ever since I was 12) okay I actually need to get it together now

maybe there is no best version of myself. just me, right now, vulnerable and tired and hopeful, willing to show up regardless of what it looks like.

Be yourself so ppl looking for u can find u

Wait i can learn from my mistakes? Ohhhhh ok i was just using them to torment myself

please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future.