not to be dramatic but the world is beautiful and too many things stop us from realizing that

actually you will not enjoy hearing this but you literally have to abandon your self deprecating humor. besides the fact that it can drive people away you literally are only hurting yourself by constantly making jokes that further cement the idea in your head that you are not good enough. I do not care that you think its a good coping mechanism it is absolutely not and you need to start challenging negative thoughts instead of feeding into them.

Your daily habits play a huge role in your mood. Your morning + night routines, how you speak/think yourself, what you read, what you eat, who you share your energy with, and so on. Be mindful, and take care of yourself.

my english prof said today that “literature lets you stare at people” and i loved that....

a wise woman once said, “you are capable of twice as much as you think and ten times as much as your mother thinks” and honestly i think about that a lot whenever a wave of doubt rushes over me telling me that i can’t do it. sometimes you just gotta look your doubt right in the eyes, stand up straight and say, watch me!