The True Girlhood Experience (fighting The Urge To Fall To Your Knees In The Middle Of A Grocery Shopping

the true girlhood experience (fighting the urge to fall to your knees in the middle of a grocery shopping aisle because of a sudden wave of grief that hit you out of nowhere)

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

15th century women’s headdress, from “Medieval fashions” by Tom Tierney

truly do not understand how people just slip into relationships and jobs and opportunities and friend groups and lifestyles. to me there are a million obstacles to navigate in a single basic conversation

maybe you’re the one who got away. maybe it was their loss. maybe you walking away meant you opened up yourself to the possibility of finding someone who could truly treat you right. just maybe.

learning lately that a lot of confidence is about owning up. like "yeah i'm a little addicted to my phone right now" or "yeah i'm not really over this person yet" or "yeah i still get pretty anxious in crowds" just saying anything at all but then following it up w "but i'm trying to get better" and being super nonchalant and unaffected. so powerful. you would literally be undefeatable in the face of even the most judgmental person. no one can judge you for things you already know about yourself and are trying to improve on. the trick is to know yourself from the inside out, to hold yourself accountable, and to actively improve every day. like that is literally the secret to never feeling like you're at the mercy of somebody else's judgment