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“how can a person know everything at eighteen, but nothing at twenty-two” life truly humbles you. as you start growing older, you stop only chasing the big things, and start valuing the little things too. being able to weave stories of experiences and begin applying them—integrating the lessons and learning curves. in the past few hours of being eighteen, ive learnt how limited our time on earth truly is. i was advised (perhaps even lectured) that i shouldn’t try to defy nature’s course with futile attempts to “age gracefully”, but to rather age with mischief, audacity and a good story to tell. beyond grateful for the love that surrounds me, and the love that i am bound to give out.
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Dec 22, 2024

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🔥🔥
Dec 23, 2024
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Happy birthday!!!!!!!! Getting older is the best even when it feels terrifying 💖💖💖
Dec 23, 2024
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maddogames right?! i’m feeling a mix of emotions but fear is definitely the most thrilling one. thank you for the wish <3
Dec 23, 2024
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brb aging mischievously… hbd 🎂
Dec 23, 2024
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care with all the audacity we can!!🤍
Dec 23, 2024
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"age with mischief, audacity and a good story to tell" is some of the best advice I've heard.
Dec 23, 2024
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0xc0ffee it’s scratched my brain in all the right ways!
Dec 23, 2024
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happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 22, 2024
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tiff thank you lovely🤍
Dec 23, 2024
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Happy birthday! 🥳
Dec 22, 2024
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guyfaux thank you🤍
Dec 23, 2024
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happy 18th! i'm turning 18 soon as well!! love the thought of "aging with mischief, audacity, and a good story to tell" so much... thank you for your words
Dec 22, 2024
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jae omw when? i’m so glad the impact of the message could be transferred to so many other people. 10/10 recommend living our lives to the fullest from 18 onwards. thank you for the birthday wish<3
Dec 23, 2024

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I think I'm at the point of the life where I can finally feel grateful for the direction things are going, which is weird because if you asked me four years ago about the current standing of myself and everything, I'd be confused. And I think I have time to thank for my many epiphanies. Time is scary, and that's what haunts me when I go to sleep. However, it can be a double edged sword. Though I may panic about the goodbyes I'll never properly say, the inevitable truth that I will no longer be a teenage girl and impending adulthood, time has graced me with a few things. Instead of thinking waking up as a chore, I wake up eager to do things even if it's a mundane chore, to learn about a new obsession, to read, to love, to yearn. The bonds I've formed, no matter how small or quick they dissappear. I'm lucky to say that I've learned at least one things from people I've formed relationships with, some miniscule compared to others. From these I've accepted to be raw, authentic, and to be present rather than to lose myself in the past or future The ability to see what I've accomplished rather than what I haven't, to be compassionate to myself above all which I wish was something I had as a young adolescent. I wish I could go back in time to thirteen year old me, even in a dream, and tell her to accept and live even in the midst of hell being a teenage girl. To take the risks and how even though the end of the fall is far, she'll have something to land on. To reassure that things do end up in her favor and instruct her to do the hardest thing ever: wait.
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I met this sweet 79 year old lady in the van I took from Augusta to get to the airport in Atlanta. She was heading in the same direction I was, but for a different reason. I was heading back home and she was attending a wedding for her granddaughter which maybe a ceremony that signified the start of a new home. She was 4x older than me and to think that she has lived 4 different lives and experiences in the same time I grew up to be a young adult male, kind of puts things into different perspectives. One thing I noticed is that she mentioned many parts of her significant life into a span of multiple years. "I lived at X for Y amount of years," or " I was in this club for Y amount of years." Spent "Y amount of years in X" and "Y amount of years have gone by since I've been at X or Z," its kind of humbling yet a a conversation you'd never forget. Yes, she has made it to 80, but I have made it to 20. One day I'll be 30 then 40 then 50. Maybe one day I'll reach 80, as she did. She eventually ended the topic with, "Now that I am this age, tomorrow is not promised. I've started to mention to doctors that I will be turning 78 next year, then 77 the year after. I can no longer take these years for granted, no longer do the things I've once done without complications or consequences." With that, I've come to the conclusion that no matter how many years I've existed into this world, I will be grateful to experience this amazing world for "Y amount of years" and I will be happy to experience for a "Y amount of years" more. Although a year consists of 365 days, it is short. Shorter than you can imagine. One day you'll be brewing coffee or attending to your job/daily tasks and one day you'll be catching yourself explaining your life story to a random stranger that is 4x younger than you. "Appreciate the greatest moments as they'll become your greatest memories" - Marie
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This could change when I hit 40 (lmao), but the older I get, the more confident I know who I am. I feel more and more sure of myself, and less and less concerned with how others view me. My life is my own, and comparing it to other's is a disservice to myself and the path I'm now on. Do I still experience guilt, regrets, doubt? Of course I do. Do I know what I'm doing with my life? I might have less of a clue than I did in my twenties. Do I still feel like a weird little freak, like I did in my teens? Hell yeah, some stuff just never changes. I still enjoy things I loved as a child, like video games, Pokemon, stuffed animals, and giggling. I still enjoy things I loved as a teen, like pop punk music, being annoying, and singing whenever the mood strikes. I still enjoy things I loved in college, like dancing enthusiastically, writing amateurish poetry, and crushing on women who will never, ever be into me. But now I'm just...30. More health issues. More scars. More silvery hairs that sparkle in the sun like some vampiric trope made real. But also...more memories that sweeten with time. More time spent in awe and revelry. More reveling in the beauty of nature. More of my own innate nature revealed to me as I sit with myself more, alone. I feel thirty, flirty, and thriving. I also feel as a child, as a teen, as a drunken young adult, bumbling around without knowing if what I'm doing is right. I'm just doing my best. That's all you really can do; embrace how you are now, and how you are tomorrow, and again, and again, and again.
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