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noonetoplease

saying no to:
fixing
rearranging
premature problem solving
judging
(myself and others)
comparing and contrasting
excessive sorry saying
(unless i was a real a-hole)
jeans that no longer fit
(buh-bye)
laughing when its not funny
shit i can’t control
pettiness
and pretending

saying yes to:
new experiences
traveling
wandering
new friends
my intuition
new cowgirl boots
new beginnings
art
reading
taking risks
black nail polish
list making
healing
compassion

giddy about:
the unknown
new cowgirl boots
possibility
new plans
new dreams
new projects
the songs he sends
a day just to make stuff

scared of:
the unknown
rats
(not in cages but like under my bed or dark alleys
or in my cats mouth)
nightmares
not being enough
disappointing people
losing someone i love
being ugly
not being unique/being ordinary
hard truths

deeply inspired by:
hard truths
breakthroughs
overgrown gardens
the color orange
old barns
poetry
people who go outside the lines
a really fantastic laugh

obsessed with:
over the knee socks
red shoes
scarves
chunky rings
freckles
scars
(proof of life)
kindness
love
handwritten letters
taking pictures
making videos
animals

in love with:
animals
children
my friends
kindreds
bookstores
foreign movies
the sea
shells
rocks
fog
sunflowers

haunted by:
the day i found out you died
animals in shelters
mean words i have carelessly spewed
shame
that walk along the tracks by the sea

saved by:
this amazing healer
my friends, too many to list
(and you know i mean YOU)
animals
children
art
love
writing

and you?

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This inspired me to create a list for today’s post as well.

Hope you’re having a lovely weekend!

xox

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Yes to:
* Standing in a creek on a warm day
*Sleeping the Sunday away under a pink mohair blanket on my porch sofa
* Raising my arms to a blade of grass or a tree and imitating its movement.

No to:
* More exams next year
* Feeling heavy and blah because of it
* Automatically believing that success means each day is defined by achieivng a goal!

Very interesting list. I think I’ll try doing something similar in my art journal. Maybe even a page per category. Thanks for the inspiration!
Sophie

[...] Stolen from Mocha Momma who stole it from Dancing Mermaid. [...]

Oh, how I love this list! I can relate to so much of this, and I see some new things to love too. So glad to find you!

grateful for you xo

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