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21 Things About Life I Don’t Understand At 21

I don’t understand how to think without my heart.

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I don’t understand how people don’t realize when they’re using others.

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I don’t understand waking up before dawn to go for a run.

3. 

I don’t understand what it takes to find love.

4.

I don’t understand how a person could function without her family.

5.

I don’t understand politics.

6.

I don’t understand why we don’t talk about mental illness freely.

7. 

I don’t understand how to be completely confident in myself.

8. 

I don’t understand why some treat others like they don’t exist.

9. 

I don’t understand how to forget.

10. 

I don’t understand the satisfaction of speaking down to others.

11. 

I don’t understand art.

12. 

I don’t understand who decided it was ok to fuck another human being and never talk to them again.

13.

I don’t understand the high we get from posting on social media or the low we feel from viewing other’s.

14.

I don’t understand how to adult.

15.

I don’t understand those who don’t need caffeine to get through the day.

16.

I don’t understand how to confront others without feeling weak.

17.

I don’t understand how to make lipstick stay on.

18. 

I don’t understand people.

19.

I don’t understand how to think without my heart.

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I don’t understand all the things I want out of life.

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I don’t understand how to let go. Thought Catalog Logo Mark


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Lucy Wickham

I’m handing you my box full of darkness.

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