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  • The Annual Reminder

    I got a text from my mom on my birthday. The one text I get a year for getting another year older. A pointless message. “Happy Birthday!” as if it should mean something. You don’t know me anymore. It’s been a decade since we’ve had any sort of relationship, so I wish you would just…

  • Learning to Walk Away

    I hate being the one who walks away from people. I like it when the other person does the walking away—it’s easier for me to rationalize never going back. You don’t have to reject me twice; once is enough, and you’ll never hear from me again. But when I have to be the one to…

  • Tell Me I’m Great.

    I mean it… say it right now. Tell me I’m great and mean it. Tell me that you notice all the little amazing things I can’t see. Tell me you see me—and see me for all of me, my flaws and all—and choose to stay with me anyway. Tell me that everything I do is enough.…

  • Joy Runs Don’t Last Forever

    Today I was at the gym, and I had the sudden urge to just start bawling. Maybe I should start with the fact that I decided to do my 6.5-mile long run before hitting legs at the gym. That was the worst mistake of my life—but I’ll probably do it again at some point, convincing myself it…

  • Learning How to Be Quiet

    I have nothing written for today, and usually I have at least one piece of writing from my journal stashed away so that I always have something to post — but today I’m empty. My thoughts are slightly empty as well. Life has been so… very slow compared to how I typically live. I’m not…

  • Why Desire Feels Like a Promise

    There is this idea—it goes something along the lines of: if you feel strongly about something you want, something you yearn for, it’s already yours. Because if it wasn’t meant for you, you wouldn’t crave it so deeply. I heard it recently somewhere on the internet while I was aimlessly scrolling, and the idea has…