Despite this, if all else fails, you always have doggos. We can't forget the doggos 🐕

Correction: "for all that you've endured *and are still enduring*." I hope you had a blessed Easter! 🙂

Remember I said that I didn't know what I was going to do over the weekend? Well, I colored eggs because why not (I don't even eat eggs...). Maturity level: 100 🤣

You can only do so much at a time, whether that be a lot or a little. Either way, it's an accomplishment. It's okay to take things slowly if you need to 🙂

Control who and what are parts of your life and only keep those that make it better as much as possible. 🙂 (and have a blessed Good Friday!)

I think that staying true to your feelings, values, and beliefs is one of your best qualities. Never stop doing that regardless of what people think, you do you!

You are important and no one should tell you otherwise. That is all, carry on.

Sometimes it can feel like there's a heck of a lot of dirt above you (and sometimes there is), but eventually you'll emerge from the ground despite the time it took to get there. 🌻

An important (and relevant) keyword there is "yourself." If you can't get patience or under- standing from others, you can always give yourself them without any external validation 🙂

Taking a step back just to have some "you" time helps you to see who will stay and who will go or what things do and don't need to be in your life. Or, it could simply give you a break from unpredictable people. 😴

Make sure that you're treating yourself as warmly and compassionately as you do others, because you deserve nothing less 🌻 (also, 250 day milestone, woot woot!)

Sometimes you may need to step back a bit and that's perfectly fine! Mental health breaks and self-care days are important 🙂

Another day's just about over. You managed to make it through despite all the challenges that you may be facing right now and that's a small victory worth celebrating :)

Since hair floofiness has been a topic today, here's an exclusive ™ picture from around 2010 of how my hair used to be (even more voluminous). No idea what's going on with the CD toss into my head there.

I'm definitely one of those people along with many others, I'm sure. Thanks for being a part of this mystical thing called life with me :)

Sometimes you do have to mask a bit, but being yourself around the right people can be a wonderful and liberating feeling 🙂

One step at a time. Side note: I tried Converses on before and they looked ridiculous on me. I'll have to also try Vans eventually 🤭

Despite them being the minority, remember the small group of people who stay when you need them the most 🙂

Seemed appropriate based on your stories today. And yes, sometimes even just smiling can be hard, but you're still making it through each day and that's all that matters :)

Even though today might not have been great, there's always tomorrow with better experiences, opportunities, or people to look forward to 🙂