merry christmas!! ππππ
sometimes we forget how vast life is. how many people we have yet to meet. how many places we still have to see. how many smiles, how many compliments, how many whispered affections, how many hugs. sunsets and coffees. flowers and books. waiting for you. donβt worry, youβll be there soon.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright
life back then mustv been crazy people just thought whatever
i was at a party organized by my uni last week and (not) very soberβ’οΈ and for some reason the cocktail names where all italian brain rot characters. a guy behind me was trying to explain to his date the back story of tralalero tralala and mistakenly said it was a crocodile. being the insufferable person i am, i turned around and very soberly said that no tralalero tralala is a shark and the guy legit got the most shocked expression on his face as he started panicking over giving his date false information but at the same time he was super excited that someone irl knew wtf he was talking about lmao
the best advice i have for trying to figure out who you are outside of your mental illness is to try things. try anything that seems remotely interesting and try not to get too caught up in the consequences or whether youβre going to be good at it. of course, this is all within reason - donβt do anything dangerous or illegal, but trying new hobbies and places and ideas is such a good way to find out what you like outside of festering in front of netflix and crying in the shower.
sing off key, or buy a cheap instrument. draw haphazardly. buy books youβve never heard of. go to a coffee shop and order a drink youβve never had. try out that recipe you keep seeing online. buy that shirt that catches your eye immediately.
mental illness often takes away who we are and we can lose so much of what makes us us. you may never return to who you were before your illness, but you can become a new person. someone strong and someone you like. trying new things is a good way to build the foundations of that person. keep your head up, youβll get there.