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while in the present — ‘hide’ that little piece of chocolate in your bag, ‘forget’ that $20 in your jacket pocket, ‘misplace’ a bundle of rolled goodness, and when you eventually rediscover the once forgotten, your future self will thank past you.
there is only so much i can do in the present, still i never cease to look out for future me.
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Whenever I find myself thinking too much about how I cannot collect all of my past, I think abt the junk lady from labyrinth and it scares me back into the present. journal, take photos, write down the important things that happen, but do not wallow in them. all the time you spend looking back over your shoulder is time you’re taking away from what’s right in front of you. new memories will come. The most important memories will never slip away. time is something you’re still in the middle of. and how exciting it is to change !
Oct 3, 2024
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we have loved and lost so many versions of who we used to be; cherish them, let them go, but don’t forget them.
Apr 24, 2024
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I’m quite the sentimental kid so I am constantly in my head about time passing. I’ve found though that the practice of looking back (I read my old journals, for instance) and really being in awe sometimes of just how far I’ve come helps. In a similar but opposite vein, looking forward (making set goals and taking the time to imagine the person you’ll become) is great too. If you’ve forgotten memories you once assumed would stay with you forever, consider that the space in your memory/mind had to open up for something even better that’s coming along. Take the time to wonder what those better memories could be. There’s something equally terrifying and incredibly liberating about time. You wanna go back about as bad as you wanna skip ahead, that’s the game.
Coping with it looks different for everyone, though. These are just my two cents and what’s been helping me at this moment in my life.
Oct 3, 2024
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must always have emergency fruit on me (preferably mandarins-the peelable delights)
Feb 3, 2024