and life happens

"If they wanted to they would" is a nice saying and all, but if you don't clearly speak up to people about what you want and expect and what would make you happy and then they don't meet those expectations and you're out here saying, well, If they wanted to they would, maybe you're more responsible for that than you think you are.

Please stop attacking the past versions of you. They were doing their best at the time and they got you here. It’s amazing how much progress you’ve made and how much you’ve grown but please don’t think your past self lacked worth in any way.

Also, even if you weren’t doing your best, past you still deserves compassion.

That phone call you made, that you’ve been putting off for weeks? That first shower you’ve taken in days? That doctor’s appointment you made all by yourself? That one day you got through without a drink? That weekend you got through without a cigarette? That first step outside? That first meal you cooked, even if it was “only” boxed macaroni and cheese? That lonely night you got through without texting your ex? That job interview you had, even if you didn’t get the job? That first date you went on, 3 years after you found yourself single again? That graduation to Dilator #2? That 10-minute walk you took after years of being a couch potato? That first time you set a much-needed boundary? That job application you sent out? That $5 you saved? Yeah, we saw that. Go you!

MY MAN DUNN

My babies

or a letter for a love that has passed

the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu

These made me feel better

what the fuck why haven’t i heard the full version to any of these 

I’ve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.

I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.

The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I want to make designs out of these.

Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage like…living exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.

NICE

The legendary thread is back

in this terrifying world you continuously have the power to offer someone else a little relief . why would you withhold that. do you remember what a little relief feels like? it feels like a lot

being in my 20s is like I understand more of my mother and less than i ever have. My childhood friends are strangers to me and there’s no one i know better. i want to drink wine. i never stopped wanting to climb trees. i know more than I’ve ever known before. I don’t know anything at all. i’m seven years old and sixteen and twenty nine and seventy. I can’t tell when i'm happy. I think the only thing that will make me happy is to be little again. i want to be really old. i go to the ocean and feel like nothing matters more than that. in my bedroom everything matters so much. I go to the grocery store every day. i know how to cook a lot of things but the only thing i know how to eat is fried eggs. I can take care of myself but i want to be taken care of. i want to go home and I don't know where that is. i think it may be somewhere inside of me but i’m not sure

It’s not our fault we haven’t achieved the dreams we had as children. The world has changed so much since then that those dreams have gone from being improbable to being impossible

i'll get back to this post once i get to have someone who makes me feel this way