January Nelson

LIBRA: You’re paying too much attention to other people. You’re so busy loving them that you never stop to give that same type of love to yourself.

The next time you’re sad, and want to dwell in that sadness, put on this playlist.

VIRGO: “In my world I’m constantly, constantly having a breakthrough. Or a breakdown.”

ARIES: You have trouble enjoying good things that happen to you, so you create problems where none exist. 

They lady manning the door handed us blank, white t-shirts to place over our actual shirts. I asked for an oversized one that draped over my ass, then realized most of the other girls wore skintight ones or tied them over their belly buttons, exposing skin. 

ARIES: Your enthusiasm.

“A woman was drowned by her fiance. On certain nights she would come up out of the water and if you happened to be parked near the lake, she would put her hand on your windshield. If she pulled her hand away and it left a handprint, it meant you were going to die too.”

Being around drunk people. Swallowing pills. Thunderstorms.

PISCES: You’ve been thinking about the past again. You’ve been torturing yourself with memories.

SCORPIO: You wish people would put actual effort into relationships instead of fighting to be the one who cares less.

Growth doesn’t feel like growth. It feels like survival. Don’t forget to think back a year, five years, ten years and remember where you were. I guarantee if you think realistically, you’ll realize that even if you haven’t gotten to where you thought you wanted to be, you’re a better equipped and developed person now than you were then.

It’s one thing not to care what others think. It’s another not to own a mirror.

LIBRA: You give out second chances because you honestly believe people can change, can better themselves, can learn from their mistakes.

Drink if you’ve posted a picture with me on social media within the last month.

Rossing. When an almost sleeps with someone else and acts like they didn’t do anything wrong because technically you’re not in an official relationship.

TAURUS: Betrayal 

Take a pole dancing class.

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