i really like ppl who are openly ambitious and find them easier to talk to than ppl who are self-deprecating or guarded about their aspirations. ambition is an expression of earnestness. there's way too much cynicism in this world.
A major cheat code in life: The ability to reset fast. You're allowed to start over at 10am, 2pm, or 6:30 at night. Zero reason to let one bad hour carry into the rest of your day. You can’t control what hits you. But you can control how long you sit in it.
i think friendships, relationships, connections of any kind are in a certain way not real until they have experienced and survived conflict. they go through a maturation process and enter a new phase of security and possibility, baptized by the fire of honesty
my mom once told me “accountability will always feel like an attack when you are not ready to acknowledge how your behavior harms others” and that shit is real.
my father always told me, "if you want to go for a run, go for a run, don't look for company. sooner or later, on your fifth run or your twentieth, likeminded people will find you themselves." and only recently have I realized that this principle works everywhere.