sometimes you need to do the hard thing. study for your test even if it’s boring and you want to avoid it. get up an hour early to exercise even if you feel like death. go out of your way to help someone else even if it’s inconvenient. do something alone even though you’re afraid of being judged. go somewhere new even if it’s scary and disorientating at first. confess to the person who makes u blush even if it means risking rejection. let go of your old habits even though it feels like you can’t live without them. it’s supposed to be hard. life isn’t going to have amazing rewards if you’re always feeling comfortable.
i want friends with whom i can visit art galleries and photography collections, exchange monthly book recommendations, take long city walks during the night, drink cheap wine while listening to vinyl records, browse second-hand bookshops, spend all day in little libraries, sit on balconies and take pictures of the evening sky
college is just the worst opinions you’ve ever heard being counted as participation points
whoever i end up marrying is going to be lucky af cause i got so much love to give
I really could go for… a cup of coffee… a sense of purpose… maybe $20,000… idk I’m just thinking out loud
My favorite part about using the computer is pressing all the keys and buttons. All that other stuff that happens on the screen is just icing on the cake.
“If you asked most people whether they believed in love or not, they’d probably say they didn’t. Yet that’s not necessarily what they truly think. It’s just the way they defend themselves against what they want. They believe in it, but pretend they don’t until they’re allowed to. Most people would throw away their cynicism if they could. The majority just never get the chance.”
– Alain de Botton, Essays in Love
even if your partner and your partnership are wonderful, they are not going to meet every need you have, period!!! that’s just true; it is impossible! continue to cultivate love and joy and closeness in your relationships with other people! and in your relationship with yourself!
I don’t know. Maybe that’s something of interest to you. Maybe it adds some depth to the people you see everyday. Makes them, you know, real, instead of ink and paper. Or whatever you’ve been cooking up in that workshop of yours.
I feel the mountains burn inside 