I turned thirty this year. I was looking forward to it more so than any birthdays past; perhaps because it felt like I was finally shedding the painful early years of my twenties. The words I've written the last decade have only gotten better, more saturated in authenticity. If I'm lucky enough to live this next decade, I plan on living it with full-hearted excitement for what is coming next every day.
A LIST OF THINGS THAT HELPED ME SURVIVE MY TWENTIES
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Unit #331: A Love Letter to My First Apartment
I wanted a romance, a life, that was bigger than the one I actually had, but I was too afraid of letting myself have something real. Of being seen. Of feeling so much for someone or something.
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The World Is Heavy When You Pay Attention
I was so angry. I was so angry all of the time. To me, the last five years of my life revolved around being sensitive to someone else's feelings, as though mine did not matter.
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The Here-Now: How My Affirmations Saved Me
How could I have known, if no one told me, that the voice in my head that held me back the most was fear. This gripping fear turned me into a shaking, skittish, neurotic version of myself. This version of myself said you are instead of I am.
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