January Nelson

‘Reasons to Stay Alive’ by Matt Haig. Genuinely heartwarming stuff, focusing not on how to ‘cure’ your mental illness, but how to love life in spite of it.

ARIES: You learned to show more appreciation for the people who support you — and to kick toxic people to the curb without feeling bad about the aftermath. 

LIBRA: They’re going to lose interest if you insist on keeping things casual and refuse to use a label. 

To this day, I’m convinced that I interacted with another dimension of life that day.

AQUARIUS: Stop blaming yourself for trusting the wrong person.

They try to continue a conversation when it’s obvious that it probably should have been over a while ago.

It’s perfectly fine to use this situation as a learning experience so you don’t sleep with anyone else you regret in the future — but it’s not fine to shame yourself over what has already happened.

Sometimes, you feel like you’re falling behind, like you should have done more by now.

He shouldn’t guilt trip you when you’re not in the mood.

If you want to seduce your girlfriend, use these magic words…

GEMINI: A relationship that exists solely over text.

You’re allowed to tell other people to go fuck themselves.

ARIES: You should take a risk and finally tell that person how you feel.

The sound of someone’s head hitting the asphalt ground. It’s a spine tingling thud that I won’t forget.

GEMINI: Your sadness. You need to learn how to cope with your sadness in a healthier way instead of moping around the house for weeks and assuming the world is out to get you.

SAGITTARIUS; Stop worrying about when you’ll graduate. Everyone moves at their own pace. 

A pair of siblings came to the door. One sister was dressed like me, a miniature Dorothy. The other was dressed in rags with blood smeared across her face and bloodshot contacts in her eyes.

TAURUS: You assume everyone has good intentions and let them take advantage of you.