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Ingeborg Bachmann, from a letter to Paul Celan written c. June 1949

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listen to the wind blow btw. and also watch the sun rise

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Zainab Aamir

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Food is meant to be enjoyed. It is not solely about nutrition. It’s also an joyful, social, cultural experience. You deserve to eat for the sake of enjoyment.

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I wish my job was hanging out and having fun ($1000/hr)

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subject aesthetics: computer science + math

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Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

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hi sue. what do i do when i feel like im living a life im not supposed to? like the life im supposed to be living, the one i crave to, is so far out of reach. how do i push away the feeling of envy, especially when i see people around me living the lives they want; the one i want too?

This may not be the answer you’re looking for, and it certainly may not be the correct one but I’ve come to the thought that when we have a persistent feeling, one that won’t go away, it isn’t helpful to push that feeling down.

You feel this way for a reason! Listen to it! Envy is rarely about what other people have, and more about what you feel you lack.

Sometimes that feeling can change with renewed perspective. Give yourself more credit - you’ve worked for where you are and the life you have! Don’t take it, or yourself, for granted.

Sometimes, you need to couple that perspective with action. Ruminating in envy is paralysing and totalising. The more you do it, the more you become convinced that it is impossible to break out and live how you want to. Actually, the barriers are often not as high as they might feel. Start by doing something small to get you closer to where you want to be :)

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i’ve learned 2 lessons this year, to leave people where they at and accept situations for what they are

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I am a hopeful romantic. I allow myself to be positive and date openly. I allow myself to fall in love. I allow myself to be happy in a healthy relationship.

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Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

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Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

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thinking about “you haven’t met all the people who will love you” and like!!! you also haven’t found all the things that will make you happy!!!! there will always be new authors and musicians and artists whose work you will one day discover and love!!!! there will always be new hobbies and skills for you to learn and feel fulfilled by!!! there will always be new things around the corner that will bring sudden and unexpected happiness!!!!!!!!!!!