Evolve or remain.

To be honest with you, I think things as simple as getting out of bed in the morning should be celebrated. I think that being human and having the strength to keep trying despite countless failures or disappointments should be celebrated. I think going on first dates again after getting heartbroken should be celebrated. I think Wednesday afternoons should be celebrated just the same as Friday nights. I think that going on a job interview deserves celebration the same way actually getting said job does. I think girls who don't put makeup on every morning and who go to school in sweats should be celebrated the same way supermodels are. I think men who cry should be celebrated for being vulnerable like that rather than shamed for showing weakness. I think in a lot of ways, the secret to being happy is celebrating the things that are normal and routine to us. Why? Because it's easy to get overwhelmed. It's easy to see approaching deadlines and panic. It's easy to feel l...

I'll try to keep it short since it's been more than 30 hours without sleep and since my eyes burn from crying for most of those. I'll keep it brutally honest and real with you because if I was anything else I'd be wasting your time and my own. I've written more than 300 pages worth of emotion out in ink over the last couple days and I'm not even close to done. My hands ache from writing as furiously as I can so I don't forget to make note of everything that's happening in my head right now. I had to buy an entire new set of pens because I kept writing until my fingers were blistered and my pens were dry. I got a little bit drunk and tried to stay distracted, but there's only so much you can do when you don't know what's going on in your own world. If you're someone who's been asking me if I'm okay, I don't know how to answer you in words. Yes, and no, and maybe, and I'm getting better in some moments, and in other mo...