no one talks about the personality shift as you get older. where you no longer want to be impressive, you want to be rested. you want to be regulated and completely unavailable to anything that drains you
We don’t give “crazy women” enough credit. Being composed is easy. Do you know the courage it takes to lose your mind, do unhinged things, then collect yourself and keep living? No shame. No regret. Just madness and vibes. Madness is an art!
hardest thing for me to grasp as an adult is you have to keep showing up no matter how you feel. you gotta do this shit sad, do it heartbroken, do it grieving, do it tired. life doesn’t care, it waits for nobody, you just have to keep going.