Tag: life
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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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Trying to Pay Attention (But Failing)
It’s 8 a.m., and I’m sitting in a stats class trying my best not to pay attention. For some reason, when I know an exam is happening the same week that we have lecture, my brain automatically believes that everything said in lecture is null—not necessary for my brain to consume any new information. I Read more
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So Yeah, That’s Why I Cried Today
I cried at the gym today doing my last set of clamshells—an exercise I’m only doing to try to get better at running. I’m not sure if my knees will truly make it though, but that’s not the reason I cried. I cried because in a split second I realized my eating habits, or more Read more
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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. Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more