→ The Frenemy.: Make It Worthwhile, Chump

thefrenemy:

I could sit here and complain about how I’m single because oh, Christ, how I can get good at doing that.

There’s a couple of drunken nights I can recall in the long stretch of time I’ve been single or ‘unable to introduce a plus one at cocktail parties.’ Nights where I swig wine out of the…

→ The Frenemy.: Let Go

thefrenemy:

of:

people who don’t call you, the t-shirt from the ex, the insecurities about the way you dance, or sing, the shoes you’ve had in your closet for 6 years and are so raggedy but they still fit, that nagging feeling you’ll die alone.

that one time somebody called you ugly, that one time you got…

The Importance of Being Earnest, pg. 27 Algernon: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.
Jack: Is that clever?
Algy: It is perfectly phrased! And quite as true as any observation in life should be.
Jack: I am sick of cleverness. Everyone is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left.
Algy: We have.
Jack: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about?
Algy: The fools? Oh! About the clever people of course.
Jack: What fools
I have a particular affinity for the first line. I have no qualms about becoming like my mother. In fact, I kind of look forward to it as my mother is a Baller Shot Caller (aka an amazing woman who has raised 4 wonderful children and has learned to grow with them while leading them). But what about my dad...

Happiness

Today I am happy because I don’t have a reason not to be. 

This is what I tell myself on normal day.  When amazing things happen, life is good.  But what happens when you have a day that is nothing more than average, normal, nothing special, just ok?  You get happy.  There’s no reason not to be!  Life is still good.