the art of keeping in touch:
> please please ALWAYS feel free to reach out to your friends that you've lost touch with. it will be the most welcome surprise
> if you're insecure why you lost touch; it happens and it's a normal part of life. that doesn't make your memories together any less special
> old friends are next level comfort. it’s history, past, and context that doesn’t need to be explained since they lived it right beside you
> there are life seasons - people move, change jobs, start school, start dating, breakup, get sick, grieve - all of these can impact how easy it might be to stay in touch and it's generally never personal
> make it a habit: whenever someone comes to mind, text them immediately. don't overthink it! this helps to maintain a lot of relationships at once
"hey, was just thinking about you! how you been?"
"just remembered the time we <funny memory together> it made me smile"
"saw <thing that reminds me of you> and thought of you"
> getting this type of message will likely make their day and bring back good memories for the both of you
> from there you can: have a back-and-forth texting convo, send voice memos, hop on a call, or figure out when you'll be in the same city again and make plans (woohoo!!)
> just as you're changing over time, your old friends are changing too. they're growing up right alongside you. even if you don't connect in the exact same way you did before, the shared context and memories are wonderful and irreplaceable
don't wait for the 'perfect moment' to reconnect - that perfect moment is now 🤍
ik it sounds wild but the reason you want it that bad is because you have it in a different timeline. your desires are memories from the future. they guide you to the reality that's most aligned with your soul. they aren't random, they are destined. trust your intuition.
I’ve watched that clip at least a million times and I don’t understand how anyone sees it as anything but incidental contact.
I feel like I’m going insane.
One of the reasons I think everyone is angry and insane all the time is we gotta do something about these people but we’re not going to and they know it and we know it. So instead we just writhe.
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all i gotta say about that rhyne situation is that with stanning, the juice is never really worth the squeeze lol. might as well adjust accordingly lol. don’t gotta stop being a fan but maybe alter how you move a bit cause at the end of the day, these people don’t know you 🤷🏾♀️
The ‘Blue Water Road’ erasure in conversations regarding Kehlani’s music.. ion like deh. We got songs like melt *one of Kehlani’s best songs*, any given sunday, wish i never *could really imagine this on self titled*, tangerine, everything. A gorgeous album that deserved more.