LIVE.

cannot describe the incredible amounts of love and appreciation i received and gave today. sometimes i forget how many close, loyal, thoughtful friends and family i have. i’m lucky and i never want to forget it. i want future me to reread this and remember all of the phone calls, texts, facebook posts, pictures, visits, and good vibes i received today and know that i am loved and have too many people holding me up to ever get down.

thank you, world. you let me grow with the good apples.

hashtag 21yearsyoung.

the ups and the downs.

Long, tight hugs that really mean something.

tedx:

I think people don’t accept imperfection that well. They gawk at it; they stare at it — because it’s curious to them. It’s a shame because there’s so much beauty out there besides beauty.

— One of the subjects of photographer Matt Hoyle’s portraits shares his thoughts on beauty during the photographer’s talk at TEDxDubai.

Above: A selection of portraits from TEDxDubai speaker Matt Hoyle ’s collection, Winter Swimmers. In his talk, “Perfect imperfection,” Matt describes his fascination with presenting the subjects of his portraits as they really are — flawed, interesting, imperfect — rather than trying to obtain the perfect ideal of beauty that we search for when choosing our Facebook profile pictures.

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Talking vs Listening

HI JESSI.

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today on the train home i overheard this girl say “oh snap!” in a serious conversation.

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“You don’t ever have to feel guilty about removing toxic people from your life. It doesn’t matter whether someone is a relative, romantic interest, employer, childhood friend, or a new acquaintance — you don’t have to make room for people who cause you pain or make you feel small. It’s one thing if a person owns up to their behavior and makes an effort to change. But if a person disregards your feelings, ignores your boundaries, and continues to treat you in a harmful way, they need to go.”

— Daniell Koepke
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