ayan

neither here nor there

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@garbage_frends 👏👏👏🤟🤟🤟

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@Emily_Sundberg what when where

[best of emma d'arcy @emmadarcybest]

My sexuality is Emma D'Arcy saying anything

[ayan @ayanaidid]

don't even have a trip planned (yet) but japan reopening on Oct 11th is bringing me so much joy

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@Emily_Sundberg callname: girl boss

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@Annabelleeyy but do you drink it?

[ayan @ayanaidid]

omw back to the states after traversing 3 countries 🇬🇧→ 🇫🇷 →🇮🇹 in 2 weeks. feeling refreshed & ready to start a ladies writing club w/ @Emily_Sundberg ✍🏾

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@TheHeistWorld London !! then paris and italiaaa 💃🏽send recs if u got em 🙌🏾

[ayan @ayanaidid]

finally leaving 'murica for the 1st time since 2019 ✈️ lfg

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@emilyhdasilva yessss!! tyyy 🙌🏾

[ayan @ayanaidid]

taking my "little" cousins (15 + 18) to LA for the 1st time ever this weekend. i'm unreasonably excited ✨ plz send activity ideas

[ayan @ayanaidid]

2. begin a list of "what ifs".

writing is a habit & imaginative thinking is a skill. building both requires practice. a list of what-ifs based on anything - random thoughts, small things noticed - will help develop that muscle.

"what if that bird in front of me could talk?"

[ayan @ayanaidid]

1. study the classics.

fairytales, Shakespeare, the literature we were forced to read in school. seems pedantic + traditional, but the classics have the foundations, structures, & styles that even the most talented writers start with.

i'll be starting with fairytales 🦄

[ayan @ayanaidid]

do you ever have work days that feel so busy + then at the end of the day you realize all you did was swipe back & forth b/n browser pages for 8 hrs? cool, same.

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@BRYNNTRILL2 5th, 6th, 3rd, Pigalle, Canal St Martin (tho best in warm weather), 18th is Montmartre - 7th is Eiffle but $$$, 1st & 2nd Louvre & also $$$

[ayan @ayanaidid]

the fact that this is the same man. dy 👏🏾 nam 👏🏾 ic 👏🏾

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@valenftinesday these are super cute 🥺

[ayan @ayanaidid]

@Annabelleeyy aw shucks 🙈❤️

[ayan @ayanaidid]

as a history major in school, hard yes 🙌🏾 context of the people, places, and the world around you is invaluable

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Way more people should become students of history.

The smartest and most successful people I know share one trait in common—they are all history buffs.

Why?

History may not repeat itself, but humans definitely do.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

We really need to normalize boredom.

Some of your most creative moments come during periods of boredom.

In the shower, on a walk, at a dinner by yourself.

You’re bored, your mind wanders, your thoughts mingle. Bam! Creative insight strikes.

Normalize periods of boredom.