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silly little walks
A silly little walk for my mental health. Headphones on, daylist playing “pining power ballad tuesday afternoon”. I step out onto the sidewalk, ready to distract myself from life for 20 minutes. I stop for every pretty flower. Snap a picture. Revel in spring. A neighbor two doors down reads her book in a bohemian…
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i’ve been avoiding something
Well for a while I was keeping it a secret. But now that it’s out, I’ve just been avoiding it. My best friend (Elli) got engaged! And not only that, she will be married in a matter of weeks and moving to Atlanta, on the same street as my sister. Where to begin… I think…
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one piece of advice for a 20-something? well here’s 8.
I have been behind on blogging lately. It’s funny because as soon as the weather got even a little nice, I was so preoccupied and have not been prioritizing it. And then it got cold again and here I am! I have been collecting and writing bits for this blog for a couple weeks, trying…
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the perspective of possibility
I just finished a book called The Midnight Library. I plucked it from the Sci-fi shelves of the downtown Columbus library on a rainy Saturday morning. Nora Seed, the main character, wants to die. She sees no purpose or meaning in her life. No love to have or give. But in-between life and death she…
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pen pals
It’s been years since my childhood neighbor, Theresa moved to Florida. But to me, it feels like yesterday. When I was maybe 12 years old, my sister and I played Barbies a lot. Playing Barbies meant setting up the entire basement as our universe, complete with a Barbie hot tub (Tupperware filled with warm water).…
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poems
This week has been a bit overwhelming. There’s so much I want to write, but I struggled to find the energy. So I decided to post a collection of some poems I wrote this week. skincare is exhausting Morning Splash with water Don’t wash twice Nourish with oil Lather the sunscreen Examine the red spots,…
diary of a 20 something 