Erin Cinney

The culture we live in places so much value on productivity, hustling, and visible progress. This is why burnout can sometimes feel like laziness.

I was addicted to trying to convince her I was worthy.

You have to believe that those things you’ve been wanting to feel aren’t lost forever, but rather lying dormant while you gather up the experiences and tools and strength to carry you through your life.

1. Nothing feels familiar or comforting anymore.

Not alone like by yourself, but alone like when you feel so empty and you can’t think of one person to talk to.

This one is for when you or anyone that you have or had feelings for is caught up in the one-dimensional parts of this world.

I’m learning that I can change what I want to change and continue to pursue the pieces of my life that are working without any regard to anyone else.

The value of your friendship does not lie in length of duration.

Outgrowing certain people and activities can be one of the most bittersweet signs of personal growth.

I’m sorry that I can’t say it to your face, but I had to write it somehow.

Desiring human connection is totally normal.

Do you want to text him because you actually want to talk to him? You saw something that reminded you of him? You miss him? You want to see how he’s doing? Or are you texting him because you’re questioning how you feel and you want him to somehow reaffirm something?

I let myself think about all of the things that come to mind when people who know our story ask me what the hell I saw in you anyway. And I do remember what I saw in you. I do. 

If you are lucky enough to be loved by an old soul, know that you have stumbled upon a true rarity in this swiping, double tapping, made-to-go world.

Good times, hard times, mundane times — they are all a gift.

Successful people know that rejection is not a detour, a setback, or a failure.

Those who don’t have critics probably aren’t doing anything. Or worse yet, they are the critics. 

Pisces: You are conforming too much to what you think other people will like. You are not operating from a place of authenticity, but rather, from a place of desperately wanting to be accepted.