Category: My Mind
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What Made You Think I Deserved It?
Sometimes I still wonder what I did to deserve being estranged from my family. I truly wish my mom, brother, and especially my little sister could write down all the reasons why I was never allowed back into the family. Masochistic, isn’t it? Me wanting them to tell me exactly what was wrong with me Read more
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The Chairs Are Still There
I want to write something sad. I miss being sad, or at least my writing having more depth—like I’m learning something about myself through all the thinking. But my life has been so calm lately that I feel uninspired because I don’t feel much. My weeks are monotonous and boring, and while that’s okay and Read more
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Marathon Training, Men, and Mild Delusion
This past week was my spring break, and it definitely went by way too fast…I already miss sleeping. I honestly didn’t get much done except learn how to sew and make so many, many bookmarks. I’m also still in training for my marathon, and while I think winter training for a spring marathon is the Read more
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I Wonder What It’s Like to Like People
Last night I took myself to a Mexican restaurant with a new book and no plan other than to eat my body weight in chips and salsa. I just couldn’t stop thinking about chicken, cheese, and rice for the past few days, so I let myself indulge. And I have no regrets. I even ordered Read more
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Sleep Hates Me!
Ahh…yes. Yuka is in stats class yet again, avoiding paying attention because she procrastinated writing this blog post last night in order to possibly get thirty more minutes of sleep. Ironically, I got no sleep last night. And I mean none. I shut my eyes and just laid there for hours, hoping I would eventually fall Read more
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Loosening My Grip
These past couple of months, leading up to turning twenty-six, I’ve held on so tightly to the idea that I’m going to fall in love and meet my person. So tightly that almost every person I came across, no matter how small the interaction, my mind couldn’t help but wonder if they were the one—if Read more