“Either choice is so much more freeing than which choice, and it might even be more honest. Your path is just your path.”Tagged: Right Answers, Being Right, correct, Life, life advice
“I set up a therapy consultation. The best-feeling thing I’ve done all week.”Tagged: Doing What You Want, Life, life advice, Being a grown up, therapy
“This place is so many nonsensical things, but it’s never a snooze, which is why anyone who considers themselves existentially bored ought to consider moving here right away. We have entertainment and anxiety in spades — and not an emotional offbeat in sight. We’d welcome you with stiff, crossed arms…”Tagged: New York
“It ought to go without saying, but life in the United States of America was never “great” for everyone — and that remains true today. But even if the emotional decibel in America currently falls somewhere between anxious, traumatic and chaotic, whenever I listen closely, I hear a different tune:…”Tagged: America
“My social intuition is so shitty I need a push notification to remind me I enjoy seeing people.”Tagged: Insecurities, personal, Social Skills, Social, Friendships
“Not: You are beautiful and don’t know it. Not: Fuck the beauty standards. Not: You shouldn’t care how you look. Just: You don’t have to look good. You do not owe anyone your most “attractive” self if you’d rather just exist. You and your life are worth capturing, remembering and admiring regardless…”Tagged: beauty
“The first thing I do upon waking up is Instagram a watermarked photo of Guy Fieri looking eagerly at a burger and caption it 'literally me.' I let my phone fall on my empty stomach. I stare at the ceiling. I’m very tired. I open Twitter and tweet a photo of a cat hanging from a tree with, 'Hang in…”Tagged: Millennials
“What if fights and the resolving of them actually made relationships stronger, like micro-tears in a muscle?”Tagged: Relationships & Dating
“Beneath the surface of compliments is a complex network of social norms and cultural baggage that can shift and change depending on the context.”Tagged: compliments
“If you were to ask me why the hell any of this matters, I’d start by telling you it probably doesn’t.”Tagged: pants, Fashion, clothing, Clothes
“Some may tell you to pursue views, clicks or followers, but I’m here to tell you there’s no more noble pursuit than that of authenticity. If you want to fight against all the bullshit online, it’s paramount that you understand the importance of being honest, being you, and most crucially, being true…”Tagged: satire, humor, Authenticity, Social Media
“It had never occurred to me that by keeping a large reflective surface in a common area of my apartment, I have been inviting the opportunity to perform constant self-analysis. I’ve heard of people not keeping full-length mirrors, or failing to buy one for months after moving somewhere new, and I’ve…”Tagged: Self-Worth, Fashion Choices, Confidence
“Lean way the fuck into who you already are. It’s the perfect, healing mantra for a self-improvement and comparison-obsessed culture. What if you already are your best self? What if the only thing standing between you and a more comfortable existence was accepting that?”Tagged: Self-improvement, Healing
“'Sorry' and 'thank you' mean very different things, but they’re often used interchangeably in modern dialogue. 'Sorry I’m late' could also be 'thank you for waiting.' 'Sorry to vent' could also be 'thank you for listening.' In these situations, both approaches endeavor to deliver the same point —…”Tagged: Sorry, Thank You, Apologize, Semantics, Words Matter
“Many referred to shows-over-dinner as a 'nightly ritual' or 'a bad habit.' Others said Netflix has held their relationships together, for better ('Hate-watching Riverdale together is what keeps the 7 year relationship going most weekdays'), worse ('With my last boyfriend, Netflix filled a void where…”Tagged: Modern Love, Netflix, Binge-Watching
“Every time I receive a death notification—they come at randomized times (just like death!) between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.—I’m invited to open it for a quote about human impermanence, or the beauty of mortality, or something else appropriately death-adjacent.”Tagged: Life, Death, Fear Of Death, Mortality