I know this quote is talking about future and present but I like to see it as present and past. I feel like I look back on my teenage years and think it’s so cringe and I was so messy and made so many mistakes. but at this point, I’ve really built a life for myself that teenage me and current me is proud of. If I am worth something now, I was worth something then.
Dec 23, 2024
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Im basically reconsidering my entire career
today I went to a vintage shop I like and had a chat with the owner about a job and she was keen!!!!!! we had a cigarette and a black coffee and dumpster dived
It might not turn into anything but it felt like a nice affirmation of doing things for myself and actually figuring out what I like and care about
Teenage me would be so proud she was too busy surviving to develop a sense of self :’)
Feb 14, 2025
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I came across some pictures of myself from a couple of years ago and have realized how much has changed. Like, not only do I look so much different, but SO much has changed in my life too ??? obviously my undergrad experience has been nowhere near perfect but I feel like I have grown so much over the past four years. Like… my 2023 self really did not know that things could be better than I could have imagined !!! Life is so beautiful !!!!!
Feb 20, 2025
I turned 21 in february 2020, so, ya know. My world changed quick.
But truly I just remember trying various things, trying to define and undefine myself. Feeling what it felt like to stick to my guns, then readjust them. I was in the middle of what would be a 2.5 year relationship. I didn't kid myself with picturing a big future anymore than what was sweet, which was wonderful. I was living with a partner for the first time and felt like I knew what to do, like I was experienced enough for all the problems which faced me. but really I was just experienced enough to start so many things.
I was constantly bouncing between total pride and complete faliure. Playing house in a house I was actually renting with friends. Experimenting with what grocery shopping for myself meant to my life, redifining how I was going to live my days in the future.
The best thing I did in my 21st year of life was not be too mean to myself for not committing, and just committing to new things. I would go dance in the park, go on walks, edit music. All things I wish I did on the regular but regardless, by trying new things, it made it so much easier to pick them up, because I had a frame of reference for the world.
I loved being 20, as depressed as I was. That specific creativity is gone. But now I am 25 and know how to weild my own magic. The depth I have always felt within my soul has farther definition. Its like I put on glasses in a 7th dimention. Don't underestimate the beautiful growth ahead. Yes you are an adult, equipped hopefully to start so many new things. But keep up that internal work, and the years will be bountiful towards true inner peace.
And soo many more new tools to better learn how to tackle issues while still feeling like yourself.
u got this. stay true to urself but be flexibl with redifining who that is.
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Jun 12, 2024
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senior producer on SpongeBob’s Instagram and TikTok. the work itself is fun but what makes it the best is my coworkers, we’re all big kids at heart.
Feb 16, 2025
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I got a piano that’s literally teaching me piano. it’s Bluetooth connected to this app that teaches you. 2025 is the time to learn piano if you’ve been avoiding it your whole life like me. the technology is there.
Dec 21, 2024
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so I’ve had this tails up penny in my entryway for a few weeks now. I haven't picked it up for fear of bad luck and I haven’t asked anyone else to pick up bc I don’t want them to have bad luck. Yesterday I decided to pick it up and put it down heads up in my apartment lobby so someone else can find good luck. the only way out is through.
Feb 15, 2025