relatable
As you well know, my dear, when you are in the actual inferno or emergency — meaning when life becomes bigger than you can handle, unmanageable and exhausting — you actually cannot practice self-care any more than you can fly to the moon.... See more
In fact, you have become angry in the past when people told you at such times to take care of yourself because
LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Sari Botton!
There’s a phrase making the rounds online: “The more I heal, the less ambitious I become.” I’ve been wondering if its resonance reveals a quiet fatigue with the constant push for more and a longing for lives that are simpler, quieter, and more self-directed. Not smaller in value, but in volume. To me, that’s not regression. That’s freedom.
In Defense of Thinking Small
And I do not want more doors—I want to walk through one without looking back. I want to love something long enough to feel it love me in return. I want to lay foundations on imperfect soil and call it home anyway.
But I have lost myself in a million other people. I’m no longer fluent in my own language. I’ve consumed so many dreams that weren’t... See more
But I have lost myself in a million other people. I’m no longer fluent in my own language. I’ve consumed so many dreams that weren’t... See more
amber. • the hunger to be everything.
there’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much, but from thinking too much while doing very little.
