I walked by a father and his son biking and the dad said to him, “You learn to fall, you learn to fly”, and I thought to myself, “Wow so profound and true.” Thirty seconds later I tripped over a dead rat… Expecting wings any second now.
It’s deeply rewarding to be in a mentally healthy and focused place these days, with my self loathing and toxic tendency to spiral far behind me. I feel truly blessed 💛🙏
…APRIL FOOLS!!! I fell asleep at 4am sitting up eating a block of cheddar while watching Frasier.
People: “Why are you so self deprecating about your physique? I can see your abs!”
Me: “My pants are super high waisted. Those aren’t my abs. It’s my clavicle.”
Thanksgiving mental acuity check: I just put both of my contacts into the same eye.
Then I made a joke about how dumb that was of me.
…Then I did it again.
I respect sobriety greatly.
With that said, I keep seeing posts celebrating people thriving after 17 years of no drugs or alcohol. Well of course. The real impressive journey is that of one who drinks daily and remembers to take the quesadilla out of the oven at 4am.
Adults who have dogs get them at breeders, name them Daisy and are married with kids
Adults who have cats find them in laundromats, name them Crunch Wrap Supreme and lost their virginity in their mid 20s
Every ad on November 1st:
The holiday season is upon us, sweaters and hot cocoa and Jack Frost
Every ad on November 15th: Time to start working on that summer body— it’s nearly spring!