sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself iβve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. itβs strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize youβre evolving. itβs only when you look back that you realize how far youβve come, how many lives youβve already lived in the same skin.
When You're Bored, You're Being Shaped.
Boredom isnβt the absence of stimulation. Itβs a test. Of what you reach for. Of what you default to.
Do you grab your phone? Or a pen? Do you scroll? Or sit with your thoughts? Do you numb? Or build?
Because what you do when you're bored becomes who you are when you're not.
Boredom is a doorway. To creativity. To clarity. To the things you keep avoiding.
Stop escaping it.
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My liverβs perfect. My kidneys are divine. My glucose isβ¦ a little dramatic. Weβre waiting on more tests. And Iβm being very brave about it.
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Sometimes I fantasize about disappearing.
Not dying.
Just logging off.
Getting a job no one cares about.
Growing tomatoes.
Writing poems in the margins of a notebook no one reads.
Not as a failure.
But as a kind of freedom.
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The next president has to do two things: 1) right the wrongs of Trump and go after those who broke the law and were corrupt. 2). Then spend time divesting power from the presidency and building real guardrails and passing laws like, βthe president is not immuneβ etc.
Oh and get the money out of politics
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i think the hardest part about healing is realizing thereβs no finish line. no big dramatic moment where everything feels suddenly better. itβs slower than that. itβs quieter. itβs choosing not to text them back. itβs making your bed on a heavy day. itβs being kind to yourself when your mind is cruel. healing is a thousand tiny victories no one else sees.
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