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daydreaming and talking to yourself in order to cope so much that when you find out this isn't normal you're shocked.

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Gilmore Girls + best gilmoreisms

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SB19 'What?' Official MV

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SB19 'Ikalawang Yugto' (New Era Trailer)

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May you attract those who know you on a soul level. May you attract those who lift your spirit up. May you attract those with pure and loving intentions. May you attract those who genuinely want to see you flourish. May you attract those who are happy for your abundance. May you attract those who inspire you to keep going.

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i think a big thing that disconcerts adults about learning new skills is that learning as an adult means you are very aware of how bad you are at the beginning in a way children aren’t.

i picked up the saxophone when i was 11 and played until i was about 17. by the end of it i was first chair in our highest ensemble, a district honor band player, etc. but at the beginning – and this is important – i was bad. for the first year or so, i had no rhythm, i couldn’t make my tongue line up with my fingers, i was consistently sharp, etc. etc. other kids actually made fun of me for my lack of skill.

but 11 year old me didn’t care. 11 year old me practiced, but she also thought that being able to play the pink panther made her incredible (i shudder in retrospect). i mean, i was aware i wasn’t a master, but my skill level didn’t deter me from wailing out those notes in a way that i’m sure had my band director questioning his career decisions.

right now, i’m trying to pick up the guitar. it’s a very different instrument from the saxophone, and i struggle a lot with things like strumming patterns and barre chords. and sometimes i don’t want to play, because i know i’m bad at guitar. and sometimes i beat myself up when stumbling through a poor acoustic rendition of Everybody Wants to Rule the World because it’s not how i want it to sound. and it’s made even more frustrating because i can navigate the saxophone so smoothly.

but then i remember that i have to think like a kid. i might not be the best at guitar by any stretch of the imagination, but every little bit of progress is still progress. humility is a big part of learning, but if you treat a practice session like your own private concert, it becomes so much more fun, even if you’re bad like i am.  when you’re first picking up a skill, whether it be an instrument, or a language, or a fine art, no one is expecting you to be the yo yo ma of that thing. forget about how little you know about the skill and think instead about how much you have to learn – that’s fun! do your best!!

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Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Episode 5

“I just... can’t connect with everyone.“ - Rina Tennoji

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The Bourne Legacy (2012)

“So, you need to put aside any normal emotional response that you have." - Aaron Cross

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strong stoic man with sad past: *adopts child*

me every single time:

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GOT7: Jackson Show Episode 4

“What would you know about my insecurities?" - Jackson 

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Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Episode 5 (2020)

“Everything that I thought was dumb and had been avoiding all this time... was all really fun.“ - Karin Asaka

Also, when I got into K-POP, LOL.

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KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson (2019)

“Satisfaction and happiness aren’t the same thing!”- Sylvia

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The Princess Switch (2018)

“Maybe it’d be better if I didn’t say anything at all.” - Stacy De Novo