Leaving me was okay. People leave me all the time, I'm used to it. What hurts like hell is when you made me feel so damn special yesterday, and then make me feel so unwanted today.

Feeling a certain solemn going into 2023. Trying to be hopeful but, like many of us I’m sure, I am terrified. Life keeps moving faster and faster and I haven’t been ready for a long time. It doesn’t stop. I am 26 and tired. I am burned out. Really needing a win next year in some realm.

Happy new year, friends.

“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

For reference: these are recent covers of Better Homes and Gardens.

This is so far from that! It’s brilliant!!

“The strongest people are the ones who are still kind even after the world tore them a part.”

— Raven Emotion

“you’re so polite with your sadness. you don’t want to ruin this for anyone.”

— — Silas Melvin, from “Twenty,” Grit