My biggest discovery? I have always been a writer and a poet. I just forgot over the years.
I recently dug into some old journals and sketchbooks from my early 20s.
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My biggest discovery? I have always been a writer and a poet. I just forgot over the years.
There’s a personality type I avoid like a ‘We need to talk’ text.
High-energy. Overpromising. Charismatic.
Male. Female. Doesn’t matter.
All my life, I’ve been afraid to share my joy. My corny personality.
But that’s how I’m wired.
That’s how I show up in the real world. So I’ve decided to share those parts anyway. Even more now that I’m old AF and give fewer effs.
Before I started dancing, I didn’t realize how much of myself I’d been holding back.
Last year I had to admit something to myself.
I haven’t always been a good friend.
Nothing scandalous. Just the kind of mistake you make when you’re young, ambitious, and ignorant.
Wearing the logo doesn’t make you legendary. It makes you a billboard.
I used to think certain things would make me feel seen, like I had finally “made it.” But chasing that feeling through stuff? It never lasts.
I didn’t know how to run a business, but I was also conflicted about what work was supposed to feel like.
Every month, I print 10 photos, small moments that matter enough to keep. While the world scrolls past thousands of images, I choose to hold mine in my hands, feel the paper, and turn the pages.
Things or People That Bring Me Joy
we were 3. but
now we’re more
we were far. but
now farther
Especially in-law drama.
I’m getting married soonish, which means I’m about to inherit a whole new extended universe of people. And it’s wild how common in-law tension is in marriages. Like it’s expected. A rite of passage.
Not metaphorically. Not in a “time flies” kind of way.
They’re simply… missing.