(NOW) ┬┴┬┴┤ᵒᵏ (･_├┬┴┬┴
me: twenty-six (old)
listening to: old gym playlist, grace ives, facetious trendy music to make believe in self-concept
never: secure in self-concept!!!
craving: being skinny
going: back to poetry??
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(THEN) ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧˚
september 2025
me: last gasps of twenty-five
listening to: boys don’t cry, the cure
never: consistent
craving: happy hypothetical braindead life as a cali beach girl (only three hours & tens of thousands of dollars away from this being possible!)
going: slowly forward!.
december 2024
me: twenty-five (mysteriously ill; life on hold)
listening to: same old indie – trying to find something new!
never: at the center of things
craving: snow
going: lovely downward spiral into the heart of the internet
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november 2023
me: twenty-four (in grudging acceptance of this)
listening to: last winter’s music
never: having proper routines
craving: smaller to-do lists & the finishing of the eternal B.A.!
going: eventual honeymoon
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july 2023
me: twenty-three, living at the end of the world
listening to: (my) old music
never: getting to bed on time
craving: money
going: eventual honeymoon
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may 2023
me: twenty-three, struggling through dregs of online degree
listening to: summery airy indie pop
never: getting to bed on time
craving: little baby on my hip
going: to california
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may 2022
me: twenty-two years old, (ex)university student (on a gap year to work)
listening to: mitski, old kpop, sunset on summerville
never: getting to bed on time
craving: lavender lattes with almond milk
going: to the gym!!!
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