Part of growing up is realising that socialising with ppl around you and lightening their load through banter & storytelling is actually a good thing
Being an introvert as a grown adult is extremely immature & lazy
i’ve been letting myself be more imperfect lately and not people pleasing and giving grace when i fall short, despite my efforts, and it’s stripping this odd, glorified outlook i had of a “good person.” as long as i’m accountable, there’s not much else to do but just — be.
we are in a cowardice epidemic. people avoid making any decisions at all. decisions are commitment and commitment requires the bravery to take responsibility for your desires. they would rather live in a state of possibility and ‘potential’ than run the risk of being wrong.
I’m not sure which would’ve seemed more unlikely just a few years ago:
That the mayor of NYC is a Muslim Democratic Socialist. Or that he is sufficiently fluent in European football to draw upon this 2014 deep cut Mourinho clip so pitch-perfectly