Cátia Silva
@catiasilva
Adult melancholy
Cátia Silva
Self-discovery is all about diving deep and uncovering who you are and what you truly want from life. It’s about finding the principles, passions, and goals that are uniquely rewarding and fulfilling to you.
The aim is not to change into someone else, but to become more of who you already are. To chart a course that is genuinely yours, that brings j
... See moreIn terms of the aforementioned spectrum, at the beginning of my twenties, I was a Plath. I thought whatever career1 I chose had to be the career. I didn’t want to waste time. I needed to make the right choice now , or be consigned to a life of mediocrity. I had friends that were Didion’s, and I envied them their free spiritedness—but I also thought... See more
Between Plath and Didion: the most important lesson I learned in my twenties
You stop saying you want to change the world. You start saying things like “job security” and “realistic timelines.” You stop expecting joy to be electric. You start hoping it’s just sustainable.
But I don’t think we were meant to be this edited.
I think we were meant to keep some of that unfiltered hunger.
But I don’t think we were meant to be this edited.
I think we were meant to keep some of that unfiltered hunger.
Amira • We never really stop being 17
I’ve been wondering if I can go back to who I was before the “real world” took over me, before pieces of my soul were lost to the social ladder.
I have finally discovered (or perhaps, simply accepted) that I have spent the past 4 years of my life molding myself into someone I’m not. I have spent 4 years convincing myself I am a corporate girl, that I was a girlboss, that I wanted to climb that ladder, that I wanted money and a title. Becoming a workaholic took away any free time I could hav
... See moreI’m enamored by this idea of poetry watching, yet mostly, I forget to keep up with it. I’ve got earbuds in. I’m consuming content on the way to the grocery store instead of consuming my life
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I want to practice listening. I want to take in the world around me. I want to be painfully aware, attuned to people’s words, picking up their tone, imagining what their life is like. I want to hear happiness in their voice, I want to detect sorrow. I want to remove the earbuds and listen.
nobody cares about your trauma
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“it’s okay to lose yourself sometimes. you carry every single shred of your beautiful being with you every day, wherever you go, and that is something you could not lose if you tried. sometimes we just lose the ability to see ourselves through the fog, and that’s okay.”
As my work-driven identity dissolved, I felt a burning ambition across all facets of life. Instead of a desire to achieve goals that society told me were valuable, I felt a hunger to discover what makes me feel fully alive. Instead of a commitment to “winning” other people’s games, I felt a commitment to design a life that I deeply enjoy inhabiting... See more
