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““I thought I wouldn’t live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.” - Barbara Kingsolver // Prodigal Summer”

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“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”

— Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

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she asks me: how do i know when i'm over somebody?

think of you when i look at the moon. think of you while making daisy chains. think of you with your fingers around a wine bottle and your laughter under little string lights. think of you with your hair damp and our legs crossed in your bed. think of you setting out tarot cards, think of high places, think of sitting perfectly still so you don't recognize how much i'm aching.

dog summer. this winter was a marshland. i went so low that god had to pick up the phone and tell me to stop digging. i have given up most ideas and settled on "it's good enough." no more poetry. life is just a hard candy and i am bored of it sucking hard-enough.

think of you in class. think of you in the shower, plan my big confession, step out and sing a different hymn. think of you while i choreograph a new life; think of you while planting bigger pictures. think about what i would say if i had a second. maybe gotcha! maybe fuck you too. maybe hope you're okay.

tell my therapist - i feel better! and i mean that i haven't died yet. tell my therapist i feel better and mean that i haven't been sad like a violin. tell my therapist i feel better and mean - actually, that i feel better, a little bit.

think of you and braid my hair different. think of you and apply lipstick. think of you and tell a story where i call you someone i used to hang out with. think of you and write a dumb little poem about it. think of you and say you just know how to kiss different. think of you and be all logical about it, say i know we are different people, and that's something sacred. think of you and pick up the phone and don't send the message.

i'm over it, i'm over it, i'm over it. i'm over it like bird overhead. like kite. like scream. i'm not looking for you. i'm not watching out to see when you're listening. i'm over it. and i'm over thinking.

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“16 things I learned while being 16 1. You are a lot stronger than you think you are. 2. Breathe. No matter how bad you feel right now, no day lasts longer than 24 hours. 3. Surround yourself with people who inspire you to be the best version of yourself. 4. Boys aren’t as scary as you think they are. 5. Going to the movies or shopping alone is not something you have to avoid at all costs but rather a great thing to do during your me time. 6. Plan your next steps ahead especially your near future whether it’s looking at unis, apply for internships, book flights etc. 7. Take your time. If you feel like you pushed yourself too far into a relationship for example it’s okay to admit to yourself that you weren’t ready. There are plenty of options later in life. 8. People don’t care about your pimples or your unwashed hair. Sometimes we tend to think that everyone’s thoughts are about us, which is luckily not the case. 9. Become the person you are instead of trying to change yourself for the sake of family members or friends. 10. Having a diary or occasionally writing letters to your future self can reduce your stress level and who doesn’t like reading letters from your past self? 11. Relationships aren’t a necessity. If you never dated, kissed, or were in a relationship with someone, that’s okay. It doesn’t make you less valuable or weird trust me. 12. Tell your loved ones how much you appreciate their existence, they won’t be here forever. 13. Grades aren’t everything. Yes they pretty much determine your future but one failed test won’t destroy everything you worked so hard for. 14. Artsy stuff is amazing. Read books which inspire you or take pictures of the things you love just to put them on your walls afterwords. 15. You can do everything as long as you are passionate about it and willing to work hard. 16. Live. You have your entire life in front of you and the world offers you endless possibilities.”

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Angels

There is me in that photo

With the other angels all

Lines up nice and pretty

As if there wasn’t a demon

Among us who would fall

From that sweet girl and 

Turn into someone who

Saw too much pain in

Their life to understand

What it was to be naive

Like the little girls in that

Photo who were all angels.

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“I walk these night hours between the dead and the living, and see you two-step with Death as if nothing ever ended.”

— from Death is a Woman by Joy Harjo

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Belly fat is common, everyone has this but if the proportion of belly fat is more then you will face multiple health challenges. In addition, this will affect your look in a negative way as well.

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Women Workout Plan

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“Once you begin to appreciate the structure of the mind, there’s no reason anything about us can’t be changed. Pain can be destroyed. The mind can be solved.”

(Maniac, 2018)

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“122. Think not lightly of good, saying, “It will not come to me.” Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”

— IX. Evil

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9 Tips to improve your self-esteem.

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Did you know,  you can quit your job,  you can leave university?  You aren’t legally required to have a degree,  it’s a social pressure and expectation, not the law,  and no one is holding a gun to your head.  You can sell your house,  you can give up your apartment,  you can even sell your vehicle,  and your things that are mostly unnecessary.  You can see the world on a minimum wage salary,  despite the persisting myth, you do not need a high paying job.  You can leave your friends  (if they’re true friends they’ll forgive you, and you’ll still be friends)  and make new ones on the road.  You can leave your family.  You can depart from your hometown,  your country, your culture, and everything you know.  You can sacrifice.  You can give up your $5.00 a cup morning coffee,  you can give up air conditioning,  frequent consumption of new products.  You can give up eating out at restaurants  and prepare affordable meals at home,  and eat the leftovers too,  instead of throwing them away.  You can give up cable TV,  Internet even.  This list is endless.  You can sacrifice climbing up in the hierarchy of careers.  You can buck tradition and others’ expectations of you.  You can triumph over your fears,  by conquering your mind.  You can take risks.  And most of all,  you can travel.  You just don’t want it enough.  You want a degree or a well-paying job or to stay in your comfort zone more.  This is fine, if it’s what your heart desires most,  but please don’t envy me and tell me you can’t travel.  You’re not in a famine, in a desert, in a third world country,  with five malnourished children to feed.  You probably live in a first world country.  You have a roof over your head,  and food on your plate.  You probably own luxuries like a cellphone and a computer.  You can afford the $3.00 a night guest houses of India,  the $0.10 fresh baked breakfasts of Morocco,  because if you can afford to live in a first world country,  you can certainly afford to travel in third world countries,  you can probably even afford to travel in a first world country.  So please say to me,  “I want to travel, but other things are more important to me and I’m putting them first”,  not, “I’m dying to travel, but I can’t”,  because I have yet to have someone say they can’t, who truly can’t.  You can, however, only live once, and for me,  the enrichment of the soul that comes from seeing the world  is worth more than a degree that could bring me in a bigger paycheck,  or material wealth, or pleasing society.  Of course, you must choose for yourself, follow your heart’s truest desires,  but know that you can travel,  you’re only making excuses for why you can’t.  And if it makes any difference,  I have never met anyone who has quit their job,  left school, given up their life at home, to see the world, and regretted it.  None.  Only people who have grown old and regretted never traveling,  who have regretted focusing too much on money and superficial success,  who have realized too late that there is so much more to living than this.

— Susanna-Cole King

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Did you know,  you can quit your job,  you can leave university?  You aren’t legally required to have a degree,  it’s a social pressure and expectation, not the law,  and no one is holding a gun to your head.  You can sell your house,  you can give up your apartment,  you can even sell your vehicle,  and your things that are mostly unnecessary.  You can see the world on a minimum wage salary,  despite the persisting myth, you do not need a high paying job.  You can leave your friends  (if they’re true friends they’ll forgive you, and you’ll still be friends)  and make new ones on the road.  You can leave your family.  You can depart from your hometown,  your country, your culture, and everything you know.  You can sacrifice.  You can give up your $5.00 a cup morning coffee,  you can give up air conditioning,  frequent consumption of new products.  You can give up eating out at restaurants  and prepare affordable meals at home,  and eat the leftovers too,  instead of throwing them away.  You can give up cable TV,  Internet even.  This list is endless.  You can sacrifice climbing up in the hierarchy of careers.  You can buck tradition and others’ expectations of you.  You can triumph over your fears,  by conquering your mind.  You can take risks.  And most of all,  you can travel.  You just don’t want it enough.  You want a degree or a well-paying job or to stay in your comfort zone more.  This is fine, if it’s what your heart desires most,  but please don’t envy me and tell me you can’t travel.  You’re not in a famine, in a desert, in a third world country,  with five malnourished children to feed.  You probably live in a first world country.  You have a roof over your head,  and food on your plate.  You probably own luxuries like a cellphone and a computer.  You can afford the $3.00 a night guest houses of India,  the $0.10 fresh baked breakfasts of Morocco,  because if you can afford to live in a first world country,  you can certainly afford to travel in third world countries,  you can probably even afford to travel in a first world country.  So please say to me,  “I want to travel, but other things are more important to me and I’m putting them first”,  not, “I’m dying to travel, but I can’t”,  because I have yet to have someone say they can’t, who truly can’t.  You can, however, only live once, and for me,  the enrichment of the soul that comes from seeing the world  is worth more than a degree that could bring me in a bigger paycheck,  or material wealth, or pleasing society.  Of course, you must choose for yourself, follow your heart’s truest desires,  but know that you can travel,  you’re only making excuses for why you can’t.  And if it makes any difference,  I have never met anyone who has quit their job,  left school, given up their life at home, to see the world, and regretted it.  None.  Only people who have grown old and regretted never traveling,  who have regretted focusing too much on money and superficial success,  who have realized too late that there is so much more to living than this.

— Susanna-Cole King