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one of the biggest things is letting yourself be bored. i feel lucky for all of us who missed being ipad kids and a little dread for the ones who didn't. so much of the life and personality and individual perception i have now came from the little games i used to play in my head and the way you think when you have nothing else to do
i finally just started getting that back. for years i'd always pull my phone out, never go a minute without music or a podcast or some other media injected straight into my brain, and i think i forgot a little how to generate. how to output and create something of your own instead of constantly consuming. but now i walk slowly and see the little worlds in each flower, in each inch of water. everything is so beautiful if you make it so in your head.
i feel like the child version of you is the truest and purest, and most of our lives are spent trying to get back to them, to undo all the layers of alienation and distraction we've placed upon ourselves.
Mar 29, 2025
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I was a lil weirdo as a teenager, my hobbies consumed my life and my every thought. As I grew older, I no longer had time for what I used to love to doโI slowly became what I feared I would become: a responsible adult who did not have time for fun.
When I realised this, I fell into a black hole of reliving my old hobbies, and itโs honestly so freeing. I feel so content, I look forward to going home from work and sitting in bed while I watch the shows I used to binge or read the genre of manga I used to love. Itโs a comforting sense of nostalgia, as if that free part of me never died. My mood has lightened and I feel myself being more warm towards others around me, I was surprised at the sheer impact of how simple the pleasures can turn your life around.
Make time for your childhood self, theyโre waiting for you to come back home.
Jan 29, 2025
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i recently hung out with a friend and we were talking about all the adventures we used to go on as kids, and how simple there were looking back on them. running along railroads, looking for cool rocks in creeks, climbing trees, etc. it feels stupid to complain about losing that sense of adventure as an adult when it's still right there, exactly where we left it when we decided we were too cool for it as 13-year-olds. so basically all this to say, go find a railroad, climb some trees, maybe graffiti a train. you'll see that the childlike sense of adventure is still there, still a part of you. you just have to tap back in and let your imagination loose. be the self proclaimed katniss everdeen that 13 year old you could only dream of and hope to become ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
Jan 29, 2025
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i used to be so scared of growing up and the passage of time. i wish i knew that you never really leave your childhood behind and that the present isn't so bad if you know how to find that childlike joy again!!
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i love being alone. i know who i am when i'm alone and i love myself when i'm alone. when i'm around people it's easy to forget and i get lost and aimless.
how do you share parts of yourself without feeling overexposed? even just sharing creative work makes me feel like it's not mine any more and makes me doubt the part of myself that went into making it. but i also feel so stagnant when i'm not putting anything out into the world. where is the balance? how do you deal with this?
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