(detail from the San Barnaba Altarpiece (c. 1488) by Sandro Botticelli)
As an adult you must cultivate the skill of “Gross! Oh, well. Not my business.”
Just create the thing you want to create. Because who's going to stop you? Oh, it's you yourself? Well you can't let that bastard win, can you?
why live your life punk rock when you can live it prog rock: long, complicated, and nearly incomprehensible
please do
“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”
— Muhammad Ali
Life is not about being productive all the time. It's not always about performing, being sucessful, moving forward. Some days are for relaxation, crying, regrouping, winding down. It's ok and it's allowed. Nothing to be ashamed off.
“You are in charge of your own happiness; you don’t need to wait for other people’s permission to be happy.”
— The Light in the Heart
Normalize not feeling bad for distancing yourself from anyone who did not feel bad for hurting you.
It helped me to realize this.