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I think we often play down the awful things that happen to us, maybe because they’re so hard to think about, maybe because we’re disappointed things didn’t turn out the way we wanted and we blame ourselves even though a lot depends on external factors we couldn’t control. Anyway. Everyone is really going through it, and it’s good to give others the benefit of the doubt and try our best to be kind, right? Yeah, that also applies to you. You don’t have to earn everything by giving yourself away until there’s nothing left, or by proving yourself perfect over and over. Don’t demand so much out of yourself. Sometimes it’s best to recognize those things you’ve been through weren’t easy, and to remember you’re not a failure because you couldn’t completely control those bad situations you found yourself in. I hope you can realize you are more than the bad things that have happened to you, that life won’t always be great, but it won’t always be a complete tragedy. You’re just a person trying your best to keep going even though some terrible memories still bring you down. But I hope you’re proud for having survived. It’s time to create more pleasant memories. You’ve hurt enough. You deserve comfort, and love and help.

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hi love you guys do me a favor. big big big BIG breath in right now all the way all the way breathe in feel your belly expanding hold hold hold.. hold.. now everything out like ur a deflating balloon. whoosh. whooooooooosh. imagine water streaming from the top of your head down your shoulders off the ends of your fingertips and toes. u are a reed in a river a beam of pure light a steady anvil solid and heavy. ok that was all thank u

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hedonism is good actually rich people just suck at it

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Draw badly. Write nonsensically. Embroider messily. Burn what you bake and cook. Get paint everywhere. Read half a book. Lose your mind for a bit. Plant things. Have faith in the process. Abandon 70 wood-carving projects. Get a kit and do some of it and never return to it. Get comfortable with sucking and losing motivation. Continue to create with reckless abandon.

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Extracted from Moranifesto by Caitlin Moran

(Red Magazine, September 2017)