Something I've learned from life

scattered thoughts about the importance of authenticity

With regards to where I’m at in life, in recent months I’ve prioritized acting on my impulses and desires with less regard to outside opinions. This has been a really uncomfortable process for me, considering where I started. I’m still working on learning to not have shame for existing and hope to continue to.

(not posting this online for some sort of sympathy or for pity points. i’m putting this out there so someone can learn from my circumstances. if it still emotionally affected me to a great extent I wouldn’t publish it.) This year I was battling this paralyzing feeling of how nothing I was. If the average person was a rock that made a splash in the ocean when thrown, I was a pebble. If you know me personally (not most of you), you know I came out to my parents back in the Spring. When you’re in an unfortunate