self-love routines should be as frequent as showering
You always feel better after the fact. With my first free Friday in a long while, my heart was set on self-care. Being in a constant state of ambitious yearning has lead to a mind flooded with alarms, making any…
being self-absorbed will take you far in life
self-ab·sorbed /ˌselfəbˈzôrbd/ adjective preoccupied being concerned with one’s own feelings, interests, or situation. With self-absorption holding fairly negative connotation, the title should more accurately read: being mindful of your self is integral for your mental well-being, but I think the former…
how being jealous and envious are incredibly useful emotions
We often look to others to see how we’re placed in society. The amount we offer the community becomes our sense of worthiness within it. Subjectively, the process of envy or jealously can be incredibly useful, depending upon how you…
pleasuring myself is making me question my existence
You know when you do heroin? You feel the greatest you’ve ever felt, riding this wave of euphoria into the heavens of Jesus Christ… until you sober up. Then, you’re off the stuff for a little while, vehemently wondering when…
why do we feel so lost in life?
What do you want from your life? What is your end goal? There’s a certain respect to hold for those who are successful in whatever passion they’ve stuck with. An author celebrating their first book publishing, a business owner ordained…
I smoked weed again after 5 years and I thought I was going to have a psychotic break
We stood in this theatre together. A conversation with my roommate slowly swerved itself into a morbid fantasy. He turned into an exact replica of himself in miniature finger puppet form brought right up to my eye. It was essentially…
solo travel is fucking hard
This is the shit nobody tells you about. It takes hours of research figuring out where to go and how to get there, times that you want nothing more than to see a familiar face, and others in which you need…
the one skill that will redefine your life
…is radical acceptance. Accept the things you can’t control. The only thing you can try to change is yourself. What do you want out of life? Why do you want that? Who do you want in your life? Why do…
love can be just as addictive as opiates
Obsession. Restlessness. Eagerness. Disappointment. Melancholy. The many symptoms of withdrawal when you’re caught up in someone and the love you’re so addicted to. Whenever I was romantically involved in someone, they became my world. I would want to know what…