Owls Are Not What They Seem

A part of being an adult is living with regret and not allowing it to consume you. The older you get, the more mistakes you’ve made, opportunities you’ve missed, people you’ve disappointed. And every day you have to remind yourself to be kind and forgiving of yourself. You accept and love the you from the past and understand that it’s all a part of the process. Then you move on and live your best life, knowing now as old as you feel today, you’ll never be this young again.

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this is the greatest story ever told

from Ask a Manager

#there are a lot of good reasons not to use child labor#but admittedly one of them is that children aren’t good at it

its so freeing when you realize you can literally write whatever you want 

it doesnt have to be good or anything you can just write things and post them and it doesnt matter at all

“your story sucks” what are you going to do? refund the money u didn’t pay? you are a bozo

life update: august is slipping away into a moment in time and there's nothing i can do about it

high school is soo funny in hindsight. the entire time you're there thinking it's the most important period of your life and then the second you're out you're like well that was fucking stupid

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING 2017 | dir. Jon Watts

this is so fucking funny I love sharks

and is your shame helpful? is it inspiring goodness and change? or is it keeping you frozen in time unable to move on and be everything you have expanded to be?

i think at some point in life you are going to have to grapple with the fact that nobody is going to just perfectly fit into your idea of them, and nobody is going to slot into your life without any uncomfortable bumps or rubbing of edges, and nobody is going to follow the script you want them to follow or thought they would follow because the people around you, shockingly, are not cardboard cutouts. at some point in life you WILL need to face the, surprisingly, real and messy interiority of other people. and you are going to have to learn to grant them the same nuance, agency and consideration you grant yourself, or want to be granted. and you are going to have to learn to make grace an important factor in what you say and what you assume about others bc i guarantee there is no shortage of grace being offered to you at some point in your life, and not in some transactional sense either but bc it is not that difficult to pause for literally 2 mintues and give people the space to be human and then just....move on with your life.

like i dont think it can be pointed out enough that responding and reacting are two very different things and it's a kindness to your future self to actually learn the difference.

this redditor has the fucking battle royale of invasive plants (in the US) happening in their yard jesus christ. sentences of hate and destruction

ANDREW SCOTT Esquire, 2024

Please share if you have an alternative, I would love to find the miraculous, non-awkward email sign off.

WHY ARE PEOPLE HATING ON "THANKS" WINNING. it's supposed to be dry, that's what makes it comfortable

My bad. I was looking for a stupid job that didn't mean anything where I didn't have to do stuff. Sorry, I guess.