I Think, Therefore I Am (exhausted)

“…a dark angel whispering to me to be easy on myself.”

— Margaret Atwood, from Selected Poems: 1976 - 1986; “Half-Hanged Mary,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

improving > impressing

i hope that people who leave rants in their tags, people who leave descriptions for their playlists, people who have funny titles for their essays, people who read aloud to themselves, people who giggle at their own jokes, and people who smile when they make eye contact with strangers are all having excellent days

stop believing that you ran out of time to shape yourself into who you want to be! stop believing that its ruined! stop believing you don’t have potential! you are not a fixed being! you have endless opportunities to grow.

i feel like we, as a society, do not appreciate troy bolton’s solos when he was having an existential crisis enough and that has to change

You’re in her dms, I’m in those cryptic, prophetic dreams she keeps having. We’re not the same

“Not every girl survives the forest. / Sometimes she becomes it.”

— Catherine Garbinsky, from “The Princess & the Thorns,” Even Curses End

sometimes I get so jealous of other people’s social skills. like damn. they can talk to people?? and people like them?? look at all those people who like them. wtf. illegal

Rules for Living by Dr. Pratima Raichur, edited by Estefania Loret de Mola

give yourself the love you want from someone else