Thursday, July 30, 2020

The Chronicles of a Serial Dater


From years of observation, here's what I see when I meet serial daters.... 

What better way to escape myself by getting lost in you?  When you look at me you see beauty, a future, a motivating force to become a better person. How thrilling it is to mean the world to someone as I slowly push away mine. At 2am I can watch the reflection of the moon bounce off my ceiling as I allow my brain to anxiously overthink my existence, or I can just call you. I can listen to you talk about your childhood dog that you still miss, your likes and dislikes, and how you summoned me. You tell me I'm everything that you ever wanted. I laugh to myself as I think about how I spend most of day trying to affirm to myself that I am enough. 

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Cancel My Subscription to Your Issues


Some people are just committed to being miserable. I know that was harsh but someone has to say it. Surely you would agree that we all have issues we have to navigate through in life and support is important. Anyhow, needing support isn't the issue. The issue comes into play when you make a habit of dumping your issues on everyone around you whilst actively ignoring the help they give you. The saddest part is a lot of their problems are self-induced. They keep on running to people and situations that they have to heal from and expect you to help them pick up the pieces every time. 

"Life will be good once I graduate," I said to myself. Then the night came where I threw my cap down, and toasted to my academic a...