Sirtouka - They/Them

Emily,can a heart still break after it’s stopped beating?

hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big

Uh oh.

— natalie díaz, from “american arithmetic”, postcolonial love poem (via letsbelonelytogetherr)

I want to heal, therefore I will. It's the first step, one of the most important ones: to decide to heal and figure out how to do it as you go. This is a journey. I am not looking for a cure, I know very well some things in life can't be permanently fixed and life is never perfect. I am looking to live a comfortable cozy life in a way that is sustainable and achievable to me.

Art by Michael Hussar

I hope when the song the dog days are over by Florence and the machine comes up randomly on your playlist that it means that the shit you’ve been living through is indeed over and brighter days are ahead of you soon