Every time someone comes at me without the bravery of using their actual identity, my internet connection speeds up by 10 mbps.
Catalog
Kendra Syrdal
The honest to god truth? In the year prior to becoming a full-time producer and writer, I wrote over 350 pieces for various publications. I worked to get where I am today. It wasn’t just lucky. It was work. But I’d do it all over again.
Will someone decide they know exactly who I am without getting to know me outside of a 900 word essay?
I say I loved you without ever entertaining the notion that maybe, just maybe, I was loved back.
We were never the things that people write songs about or someone says, "That. I want that." We were the laundry piling up on the couch because no one bothered to put it away and dirty footprints on the tile because it was more fun to go out in the rain without shoes. We were cheap wine that led to…
I find myself formulating excuses I know you’ve already come up with, because I know I’ll never get an ‘I’m sorry’ followed by just a period. And I deserve that period.
You’re doing just fine. Really.
Being able to laugh at yourself makes everything a little easier. Nothing is more exhausting than someone who takes things too seriously. Laugh at yourself. Make fun of yourself. You’ll be happier.
Your life will get exponentially better when you learn to take time for yourself. You deserve self-care, you deserve you time. And when you realize this and learn to treat yourself from time to time, life is going to get better.