Hey all,
It's been a minute!
This post has been ready since July 2022, but I never got round to posting it. I did still want to share it even if I am halfway through 27... thoughts and feelings change all the time so it's really interesting to me to see how these 'chapter reflections' develop.
Hope you enjoy and happy holidays!
Best,
S. x
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This picture reflects clearly where I’m at. The older I get the less I enjoy the 'people's world'.
I fall more and more in love with the natural world, and deepen connections with select humans… but this is offset by the daily diminishing faith in society at large, and so, we have a net loss of enjoyment.
There’s a Ricky Gervais tweet that is relevant to this:
That being said, let’s move on to some of the reflections I’ve felt hard enough to pen this year. Here’s 26!
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1. Whats hard is navigating the world being generous and forgiving at the same time.
2. Lean into the discomfort
3. Make time for things that matter
4. You’ll learn a lot about people by looking at what they make time for
5. Saying you have me is the flex
6. Social media is never it
7. It’s easy to do good when you feel like doing good. It’s whether you have the capacity to not do bad when you feel like doing bad.
8. I forgive myself, that’s why it’s easy to forgive you
9. Twitter me, Instagram me and real life me are 3 people
10. If we aren’t growing, we’re dying
11. I feel I’m ready for a relationship
12. You want the girl whose been single for 2 years just focused on herself her family and friends
13. You can’t be great carrying chips on your shoulders
14. You know that dumb phase you go through where you wanna post just to show you’re living your best life/un-phased? Don’t do it.
15. Stop wearing underwear to bed, let it breathe
16. Collect bags
17. Summer bbqs are one of my favourite smells in the world
18. Earn your goddamn stripes, no matter how good you are
19. May you have the capacity some day, to love the whole world
20. I’ve regretted deleting photographs.
21. Keep faith and stand strong in your personal truth
22. This life thing is pretty boring.
23. Don’t disturb my peace past 6pm
24. Be mindful. And if you think you’re already mindful enough, be even more
25. If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best
26. Pray for honesty, wisdom and compassion.
27. Live intentionally
28. Remember why you do things
29. You know when you’re not giving things your 100%, and it eats away at you
30. There’s a difference between a reaction and a response
31. I’m someone who needs massive bits of alone time
32. Everything in this life is a choice
33. “If he doesn’t know your dream, how can he help you get there?”
34. We call it entertainment but it’s so much more than that. I’ve been parented by it.
35. Great writers don’t flinch at the truth, even if it’s tragic
36. The world preaching mental health like it isn’t the problem is the greatest display of irony I have ever seen
37. The best advice I’ve ever heard is “life is messy”.
38. Dress for the occasion
39. Sometimes you need to lock your phone and sleep
40. People give me anxiety
41. Sometimes two people hurt each other and it’s no one’s fault… they just didn’t know any better
42. “If you want to be an angel you’ve got to do it while you’re alive”
43. Everyone has shit going on and if you can’t be mindful of that then you’re fucking selfish
44. Don’t ask people to do something you’re not willing to do yourself
45. Make decisions from the heart
46. You can’t have pride when it comes to your happiness and what you want
47. Do not lead them on no matter how bored you are it is wrong
48. Some people deserve turmoil
49. Give people chances to show you other sides of them
50. If you f*ck up you better hope to god they forgive you because the punishment when they don’t is never ending.
51. Stop invalidating things just because you don’t understand them.
52. It’s not about continuity, it’s authenticity
53. Walk as much as you can. If you don’t have to drive, walk!
54. Send a good morning text.
55. I do need you. The same way you need me.
56. Friends don’t put you in a position to lie.
57. Therapy is preventative care
If you'd like to see the past iteration of this, you can catch 25 here. If not, then once again, thank you for being here today and taking the time out to follow my journey :)
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