i know that I’m probably (definitely) late with this, but I made a resolution to focus on the positives this year (as well as trying to have a generally healthier lifestyle which is gonna fail but wtv) and so I feel like it needs to be said.
2016 was an awful year for a lot of people, and an even worse year in the grand scheme of things, but I have to admit that for me, 2016 was above all else, a year of immense growth. I don’t think I’ve grown this much since I was “dumped” by my childhood best friend when I was 12, and then proceeded to enter a vicious cycle of letting him fuck me over for the next three or so years.
this year (last, actually, but I’m still getting used to writing 2017 at the end of the date), I accomplished much more than I thought I could, I hit new lows, but amazing highs, and so, for the sake of optimism, I feel like I need to write it all out.
I’ve mentioned this before, but in 2016 I fell in love. I allowed myself to fall in love, which I wouldn’t have before. thankfully, it didn't end in heartbreak. in 2016, I wrote sixty-thousand words, which isn’t much for some people, but a huge deal for me.
2016 was he year when my anxiety got significantly better. I’m finally on proper medication, and have been since the beginning of may, and it has helped tremendously. the panic attacks are fewer than they’ve ever been. I tried to push myself out of my comfort zone, and I feel like I’ve finally learned to put my health above my grades - which thankfully, has only affected them for the positive.
In 2016, I found the best friend group I could have asked for, and I finally ditched toxic friendships. Sometimes, not everything went to plan, but it was in 2016 that I started not caring about other people’s opinion of me.
It was, especially in the past three months, that I suffered a huge change in the way I see things, and life in general. I’ve accepted that with growing up comes change, and that it isn’t a bad thing. in 2016 I learned not to fear my mistakes, but to learn from them. In 2016, I was significantly kinder and finally dropped (I hope) my ‘angsty teen attitude’.
I found my role models. The changes I went through this past year were in many ways, shaped by them. I’ve opened my heart, to new people, new places and new opportunities. My self-esteem reached new highs. I can now say I’m comfortable in my own skin, confident, even, which 15 year old me would have never believed to be possible. I’ve allowed myself to feel vulnerable.
One of the things that helped me the most, was this:
“You don't have to pretend that it's easy all the time, you just let it go and, and grow with it. And you can't hold on to the old you, or the old this, or the old that, because you know you change. And it's not changing in a bad way, it's just changing, because that's what happens in life; You grow up, everyone moves on, you're just learning, you stay true to yourself. Changing isn't a bad thing, it never was. But at the end of the day, you know, you're the same person, and, and where your heart is, that doesn't change.”
I also want to give a shout-out to some of the best friends I’ve made on this website, who make me so incredibly happy and have helped me in more ways than they can imagine. Kristina, Grace, Nai, Chloe, Cindy, Linds, Ellie, Mariana, Charlotte, Vikki, Camille, a huge thank you. (I probably forgot a lot of people, and I’m very sorry about that. I still love you.)
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athena, which was surprising given that aphrodite is, well, aphrodite. she made a big deal of it too and aphrodite just blinks really slow and goes “did u honestly think i didn’t know?”
who laughs when the other trips?
aphrodite purposefully trips athena and records it
who pays the bills?
athena because she’s far too proud and stubborn to let anyone else. besides, the rent’s in her name and it’s technically her apartment and for a long time it was just because she was always expecting it to be temporary? aphrodite tries to slip money in without her noticing though
which one makes a bigger deal around the holidays?
if you mean, who cried the most in love actually and who spent a ludicrous amount of money on their halloween costume and who lives for valentines day and who bought the most chocolate during easter? aphrodite
who’s more clumsy?
aphrodite - she’s beauty and she’s grace until she’s had a bit too much to drink
who checks their daily horoscope?
aphrodite, because she loves to laugh at it and because it makes athena so riled up (“it makes zero sense! if it were true, everyone born in the same month would have the exact same experiences and have the same personalities and they don’t! that’s just not how it works! stop laughing at me, i’m right!”)
who sings louder in the car?
athena, and she’s surprisingly good at belting out powerful verses like all of adele’s
who leaves the cap off the toothpaste?
athena because she’s always rushing in the mornings
who is more up to date in pop culture?
aphrodite
who insists on going to see the newest movies?
aphrodite because she loves any excuse to go out with her girlfriend
who cries when the abused animal commercials come on?
they both get really teary
who’s the lighter sleeper?
athena b/c she is a tol ball of stress and finds it hard to get any sleep
who believes in ghosts?
neither of them do really, but aphrodite loves paranormal documentaries and will binge watch weird youtube videos about sleep paralysis and animals sensing the supernatural and athena just rolls her eyes
who does the grocery shopping?
athena, because while aphrodite does do a good job most of the time, she has no idea about the cost of things and just picks what would taste good
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when white people commercialize frida kahlo’s art, her face, her life without regard to her cultural, political and personal affiliations and alliances. when white people commercialize poc artists and writers and poets and disregard their messages. when they make us slaves in all but name, by taking our life’s work, our labor, and making money off of it.
