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every challenge and pleasure you experience is meant to be observed, sometimes examined, to check-in about how you’re evolving in the process of being your best self.
success is ambiguous and subjective, it’s whatever it means to you, but for me it’s to be fully myself, take care and have a nice time.
when a shit thing happens or i don’t get my way, i’ve come to see it as a blessing and purposeful, and i ask myself what i could possibly learn from it. there’s always a thing to learn, even if it’s mere acceptance. it’s saved my mental life, i tell ya that
sometimes you think you’ve ‘passed a test’ but the situation is a ‘pop quiz’ in a different format: how you perform on that assessment is not meant to trick you but to check in on your progress and maybe illuminate areas that still need your attention, something else to learn because the timing and scenario is different.
it’s beautiful.
Mar 27, 2025
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inspired by a convo I had today + Sabrina Carpenter’s speech at a variety event last year (?)
I hope this reminder finds anyone who needs it because I know I needed to hear it today (yes I was tweaking out ok) — I know this sounds awfully annoying when you’re in the midst of it all but I hope we find it in ourselves to genuinely fall in love with the process, whatever that means for us as individuals — whether that’s with a craft, goal, or vision etc etc.
for me personally i am learning to appreciate the version of myself rn. to expand, the version who is still trying to figure out how showing up authentically looks like for me, feeling v awkward while doing so, but also trying to remember that i will never have her again. i saw this quote also the other day and it really moved me
Apr 18, 2025
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I've been in one of those rare seasons where you can actually see how the difficulty of it is forming you in deep, character-building ways
yeah, it's been confusing and miserable at times, but—wow—what a time of preparation and resetting and reorienting
hard things don't always lead to growth, but I've found that striving for a posture of humility, curiosity, and love amidst the trials makes those seasons more likely to bear fruit
Mar 26, 2025
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Much of what I wanted was not as I wished, but it was not a failure, I know. Today I decide to see everything I lived beyond the end, everything I learned, everything I gave, everything that was, no matter how it ended, I know I enjoyed it and today I decide to see life that way. I do not judge by the end, I judge things by what I experienced in the meantime, because if it was from the heart, it cannot be a failure.
Mar 6, 2025
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(they thought this was a rabbit)
That's fucking funny bitch it's fucking Winnie the fucking Pooh
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fuck fourth of july
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Mar 30, 2025
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get you some app-operated light bulbs and set them to fade on instead of a noise alarm, or wake up with the sunrise.
i remember all my dreams and my circadians are finally in rhythm 🥁 no bad mood mornings for me
Jun 10, 2025
Robin Wall-Kimmerer
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”
Jun 11, 2025