But I didn’t want to be respected. I wanted to be wanted.

It never occurred to me that being down for anything wasn’t a particularly interesting or unique personality trait.

You’re entitled to your feelings. But sometimes, just because we feel something, doesn’t mean we need to share it with that person.

My town was a pressure cooker, and our test scores were the only metric that mattered.

As I became more comfortable with myself, I realized something revolutionary: being down was not a personality trait.

Still, our friends are our history keepers; they remember the unspoken moments, the expressions on our faces when we think no one else is watching.

a signal that I was cool and not bothered by unsexy matters like money.

Getting sober made space for me to focus on what I truly wanted from my life, and manifestation gave me the tools to articulate it all.

When you don’t know who you are, your job can be an excellent placeholder.