1. Most of my personal writing has been depressing lately. This has been a time of growth, discovery, and understanding of who and what i want to be. These are all good things that totally make the depressing times worth it.

  2. "Buy a blank notebook. Draw a huge heart on the cover. Don’t write anything negative in here. If you need another outlet, make a separate notebook. This one is all about love, personal growth, and getting back up. Fill it with beautiful images, reaffirming thoughts, and quotes. Write in it every day, and each day write one thing you’re grateful for in your life."
    Kim: Advice from a Mermaid in a Manhole (via julie911)

  3. 1 in 5 teenagers have thought about suicide, about 1 in 6 teenagers have made plans for suicide, and more than 1 in 12 teenagers have attempted suicide in the last year. As many as 8 out of 10 teenagers who have commited suicide tried to ask for help in some way before committing suicide. Reblog this if you’re always here to listen.

  4. My best friend Charlotte

    My best friend Charlotte

  5. "Here’s the thing about being a girlie girl. I think there was a generation before us that felt like they needed to act like men to be taken seriously, like they had to use their sexuality to take control of people. I don’t judge people for that. But I don’t want to take all my clothes off and use myself as an object. It’s part of the machine and I don’t think that necessarily pushes us forward as women. I think you can still be girlie and maintain your power. The fact that you associate being girlie with being non-threatening, that is … I mean, I can’t think of more blatant example of playing into exactly the thing that we’re trying to fight against. I can’t be girlie? Why do I need to be defined aesthetically by someone else’s perceptions of what makes me seem like someone who should be taken seriously? I’m going to wear whatever I want to wear, because I’m expressing myself, and I deserve that right. And I like the way that looks. You’re not demeaning yourself by acting girlie. I think the fact that people are associating being girlie with weakness, that needs to be examined. Not me dressing girlie. I don’t think that undermines my power at all."

    Zooey Deschanel via NEW YORK MAGAZINE

    Though I have yet to see THE NEW GIRL, I am so thrilled with the success of a female led comedy-I can’t wait to check it out!

    (via shopmyrtle)

  6. my criticism.

    throughout my life, i’ve been given compliments from people i respect. i’ve been told i have leadership abilities. i’ve been told i have the power to change the world. i’ve been told i have a caring heart that can be used for good.

    i’ve also been told i lack the confidence to 100% succeed in any of those things. 

    i spend too much time worrying about what other people think. i am way too fearful of confrontation. i don’t believe in myself the way loved ones do. 

    hearing that i lacked the confidence to succeed was a very hard pill to swallow. it hurt my feelings. it made me feeling insignificant. i felt as though these people looked down on me because they said that.

    i’ve spent the last few years thinking about all of the statements i’ve been told about my abilities and lack thereof. the more i think about them, the more i realize how much confidence i really do lack.

    most of the time, i don’t believe in myself.

    most of the time, i worry.

    most of the time, i don’t live up to my full potential. 

    seeing these things has helped me grow in who i am as a person. i always read quotes that say to focus on the good and be happy, but sometimes realizing your weaknesses helps you grow more than anything. I’m now focusing on what I want out of life. I’m now learning (huge work in process) how to trust myself and my abilities. I’m learning it’s okay sometimes to tell people things they don’t want to hear. I’m even seeing that by me focusing on what I want out of life, I am more capable in helping others. I always thought that focusing on myself would be selfish, but it is really crucial in becoming selfless. 

    i’m defining my idea of success. 

  7. life: Ten years after September 11, 2011, images of the deadliest attacks ever launched on American soil have lost none of their power to stun, appall, enrage, and devastate. The United States had experienced nothing like it since Pearl Harbor, and even that assault did not share the profoundly sinister air of having been aimed — clearly, murderously — at civilians. To mark and perhaps, in a small way, lend coherence to our remembrance, LIFE.com curated this collection of 911 photographs. And so here they are: images you remember; images forgotten, or never seen; moments great and small from New York, Washington, and cities around the world as the scale of the cataclysm grew unspeakably clear. This is 9/11 — 911 Photographs of 9/11

    life:

    Ten years after September 11, 2011, images of the deadliest attacks ever launched on American soil have lost none of their power to stun, appall, enrage, and devastate. The United States had experienced nothing like it since Pearl Harbor, and even that assault did not share the profoundly sinister air of having been aimed — clearly, murderously — at civilians.

    To mark and perhaps, in a small way, lend coherence to our remembrance, LIFE.com curated this collection of 911 photographs. And so here they are: images you remember; images forgotten, or never seen; moments great and small from New York, Washington, and cities around the world as the scale of the cataclysm grew unspeakably clear. This is 9/11 — 911 Photographs of 9/11

  8. comicallyvintage: And what would *you* like to be?

    comicallyvintage:

    And what would *you* like to be?

  9. Just in case.

    Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696

    Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433

    LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255

    Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386

    Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743

    Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438

    Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673

    Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272

    Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000

    Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-439–4253

    Reblogging because you know, someone out there could use one of these.

  10. hahaha

    Letter home from school…

    Dear Dad,

    $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can’t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.

    Love,
    Your $on.


    A week later….. a letter from “home”

    Dear Son,

    I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh.

    Love,
    Dad

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