The Swamp, 1900

Michaela DePrince is a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer. She formerly danced with the Dance Theater of Harlem and currently dances for the Dutch National Ballet.

Corridor by Andrea Kirkby on Flickr

If you don’t have anywhere to wear a very specific piece you have in your wardrobe, grab a friend or three and host a “soirée.” Get some $5 sparkling wine or grape juice, some cheese or cocktail onions or grapes if you don’t eat cheese and make a Playlist and just walk around one of your homes being fancy together. It’s nice to go out but if you can’t, don’t let that stop you.

Things people with Social Anxiety do

•go to the bathroom to escape

•feel very uncomfortable without a phone or some other crutch

•dwell on a small awkward moment for much longer than necessary

•never go to any social event without a person that makes you feel comfortable

•follow said person way too much

•worry about the person beginning to find you obnoxious

•faking an illness to get out of a social event

Wilson Bentley Gouttes de rosée (Dewdrops), circa 1900

Detail of an earring from a 1781 self-portrait by Louise Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun.

My anxiety: somethings off

Me: how so?

Anxiety: somethings wrong

Me: what

Anxiety: something

Me: like can you give me a general idea

Anxiety: somethings off

rb if you think that dark skinned black girls are stunning, the physical manifestation of sunshine, and totally under appreciated.