one thing i have learned to accept is taking some time off and relaxing doesn’t mean you’re lazy. sitting on your bed, watching movies or reading a book isn’t lazy when you haven’t had time for yourself. constantly trying to please others, grind, make money and make something of yourself. it’s just enjoying some time off! it’s not being lazy! we aren’t robots. busy people shouldn’t feel guilty for not having more productive days. i always feel like i should be doing more, working on side projects and making the most of myself with the little free time i have. but working on myself also means taking a breather, a stress-free environment. sometimes it’s okay to slow down.
You will fall in love with someone who’s cold and always seemingly pushing you away. When all is said and done, they will be forever known as the one person you couldn’t get to love you. Unfortunately, it will hurt and sting worse than the good ones, the ones that chopped up your meat for you and picked out an eyelash from your eye and were nice to your mother, because love often feels like a game we need to win. — Ryan O’Connell, The People You Will Fall in Love With in Your 20s
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She is a profoundly gentle person… But this must be one reason for her terribly self-destructive history. She’s rarely known how to defend herself, except by withdrawal (tuning out, running away). How come she never developed even a normal capacity for hostility? … Too much insecurity to allow anger. But if there’s no anger experienced, one feels so vulnerable— — Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980 (via poutypetulant)