perseverance

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It's true, growing up is learning who you are and loving that person.

“For me, travel was a revelation, travel was ‘following your bliss.’ I felt more alive, more joyful, and more actively engaged with the world than ever before. But I also had a nagging sense of anxiety that this experience couldn’t continue- that the most I could do is delay the inevitability of conventional expectations. I felt a sense of hope and elation- a realization that a life built on unconventional choices can be more than just a post-college romp. If you’re willing to pay a price, your path can be as adventurous- and as satisfying- as you wish."

Sometimes human behavior is unexplainable but I can tell you one thing I've learned, if a person really wants to be with you, they will try. The biggest tragedy I see in this generation is people trying to convince someone of their worth. Be fair, relationships take time but you'll go mad trying to prove that you are worthy. Be kind to your soul and keep your heart and eyes open to the blessings that come your way. However, don't waste years of your life trying to get someone to act right.

Which way you ought to go depends on which way you want to go.

I am definitely hard on myself. It is because I am fully aware of what I am capable of.

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"It's easy to surround yourself with friends who are just like you. As a group you may decide everyone else is doing it wrong. Friends can form a culture of criticism where differences are seen as deficiencies. But sometimes differences are just differences. They can even be strengths."

The problem with feeling distant from the future is that distance leads to abstraction and abstraction leads to distance and round and round it goes.

“The future isn’t written in the stars. There are no guarantees. So claim your adulthood. Be intentional. Get to work. Pick your family. Do the math. Make your own certainty. Don’t be defined by what you didn’t know or didn’t do.”

You are deciding your life right now.

Unthought Knowns: noun: Those things we know about ourselves but forget somehow. These are the dreams we have lost sight of or the truths we sense but don't say out loud. We may be afraid of acknowledging the unthought known to other people because we are afraid of what they might think. Even more often, we fear what the unthought known will then mean for ourselves and our lives.

There is a certain terror that goes along with saying "my life is up to me." It is scary to realize there's no magic, you can't just wait around, no one can really rescue you, and you have to do something. Not knowing what you want to do with your life- or not at least having some ideas about what to do next- is a defense against this terror. It is a resistance to admitting that the possibilities are not endless. It is a way of pretending that now doesn't matter. Being confused about choices is nothing more than hoping that maybe there is a way to get through life without taking charge.

Treading water in the middle of the ocean. A vast, unmarked body of water. No land in any direction, so how do you know which way to go? Overwhelmed by the process of being able to swim anywhere or do anything. Every direction seems the same- how do you get out of this damn ocean? Why swim in a direction if you can’t tell if you’re swimming toward something? Is it worth losing all of your energy possibly going the wrong way or do you hope? Hope someone comes along, with a boat or something …