Silhouette im Nebel

[recommending something i sincerely love] ok so the thing about it is it kinda sucks

I hope July and the second half of this year are gentler on your spirit, kinder to you, good for your growth, and even better than the first half.

Best brain hack is taking “this too shall pass” and applying it in the micro. The panic you feel from an argument with a friend, wanting to get on your phone when you should be studying, the absolute obsession with someone you’re crushing on, pain from rejection, utter hopelessness at a situation that is not entirely hopeless. Heavy on situations that induce panic and incentivize you to act out of turn, maybe to send a text you shouldn’t be sending or to blow up at someone or whatever it is. The antidote to knee jerk reactions is literally just “this too shall pass” and allowing yourself to feel the physical manifestation of your extreme emotion. Literally just ride it out. Even for things that can’t immediately be resolved, it makes such a big difference and prevents you from reacting in ways that you would undoubtedly regret down the line.

you don’t need to reinvent yourself this summer; you simply need to return to the things that make you feel most like you

also part of growing up is realizing that the embarrassing music you liked in your early teen years still goes hard as hell