please make sure that wherever you’re at in life, you don’t treat it like a transitory period. don’t waste your college years wishing to already be graduated & have a job. don’t waste your single years wishing for someone to be in love with. if/when those things come, they will come in due time and they will be good. but there is nothing like looking back and feeling empty because you wasted literal years ignoring what you had because you were hoping for something better. while it’s important to better yourself and reach for your goals, don’t neglect the present because that’s where you are now and it’s your now that determines your future.
too poor to afford a nice phone? own it. that’s your thing now. you have an old phone model and its an aesthetic now because u made it that way. too poor to afford cute clothes or good makeup? or you just don’t know how to dress well? own it. you’re killing it with that hand-me-down pair of jeans and an upcycled t-shirt with socks that don’t match and messy eyeshadow. that’s cool. that’s punk rock. you’re awesome. you don’t have to feel ashamed for not having what others have or for not fitting in. you’re unique and that’s cool. you’re okay just as you are and you don’t have to change. you can have quirks. you can have weird/gross habits. you’re human. own it.
some of you never played online dressup games while sitting in a huge beat up desk chair while being yelled at by your mom when you were kids and it shows. grow up